Why a Trump Third-Party Run Should Worry Democrats

National Review ^ | 07/14/2015 | Michael Barone

[miss marmelstein]

It should worry Karl Rove too.

[NormsRevenge]

He is not another Perot. That is for good dang sure..

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Consider the Populist movement of the 1890s that came during a 25-year period when partisan competition was as close as today and divided government as much the norm, though with Republicans usually holding the presidency and Democrats usually with congressional majorities.”

Sorry, in the age of the internet, electronic voting booths and billion dollar get out the vote efforts, this is a nice history lesson but means squat.

[NormsRevenge]

He was on last night with his silly little scribblings or charts with Sean O’HowNutty.. Looked like snake salesmen material.. Slick real slick.. Not!

[SeekAndFind]

RE: He is not another Perot. That is for good dang sure..

So, if Trump were to go third party, how many percent do you reckon he would get and mostly from which party?

[Tau Food]

It would be interesting, but Trump isn't going to run as an independent. I'm not sure he'll be around long enough to let any voters take a crack at him. I think his function is to prepare a path for Ted Cruz.

Cruz - 2016!

[NormsRevenge]

Sometimes revolution(s) are a good thing.

How ‘populist’ of me.

Revolution begins in the heart.

Today’s Big Gubmaint has No Heart. It has a policy.

Instead of Transforminhg America.. We need to Implant a new Heart.

One that beats strong to the wisdom of our founding fathers and has helped us to survive the pretenders to greener pastures and looser leashes..

[NormsRevenge]

I don’t know.. I’d like to see him in a swimsuit first and then a gown. ;-)

[NormsRevenge]

With the tender state of the electorate these days.. Who knows?

He could pull 25-30% and finish well nationally.

Or not. :-)

[onyx]

I am starting to really enjoy all the hand-wringing by the GOP and their anti-Trump supporters.

LOLOLOL.

[edpc]

He is not another Perot. That is for good dang sure..

You are correct. Instead of being just a megalomaniac billionaire, he's also a Dem pretending to be a conservative while duping people fascinated by shiny objects.

[onyx]

MR TRUMP HAS ALWAYS CITED ILLEGAL ALIENS! CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS!


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[RIghtwardHo]

HA!! Are. You. Serious?

Fire whatever fool wrote this article. The only thing the Dims would love more than Trump hanging in there til the end is him running third Party. Every single vote of his will come from the GOP Rino candidate.

Hope the author didn’t get paid for this nonsense.

[bicyclerepair]

I’m beyond caring. Here for you all’s smart comments.

If it’s Bush/Clinton I am NOT voting. Actually may vote D to crash and burn this wreck asap.

[grumpygresh]

“Every single vote of his will come from the GOP Rino candidate.”

If it’s Hitlery v jebbush v Trump, I’m voting for Trump.

[taildragger]

I am starting to really enjoy all the hand-wringing by the GOP and their anti-Trump supporters.

Dearest Oynx,

You should have heard him on Howie Carr today. He told the mayor Boston "You need to applogize to Mr Trump". after the mayor told him he couldn't build a hotel their because of his immigrant stance. He is skewering all those who are fubaring the country the E-GOP, Hillary, Rove, Kristol, Kruthammer, Sharpton to name a few. He has brought fun back to politics as he has all their panties in a wad and I am loving every minute of it, he is actually making me laugh. He is that little soccer hooligan (picture) telling the other team how he feels about them with a particular digit :-). Grab the popcorn it will continue to be fun!

[BobL]

“If it’s Hitlery v jebbush v Trump, I’m voting for Trump.”

I’m with you. I haven’t seen ANY REASON to vote for Jeb over Hillary, so why should I vote for him?

And like it or not, Republicans in Congress actually do better as an OPPOSITION party when the President is trying to screw the country, than when a Republican is trying to screw the country.

[NormsRevenge]

IOW,, nothing new.

[IAMNO1]

Imagine for a moment that the Republican nominee for President had 40% of the polled vote, and the Democrat 40%, and Trump as an Independent had 20%. Imagine both Republican and Democrat vying for Trump to run as their VP, seeing the writing on the wall otherwise, and dumping their party-chosen VP candidate for Trump instead. Certain victory. Now imagine one party having 45% and the other 35% and Trump still at 20%. If the 35% party didn't make such a move, they'd lose in a 3-way race. I suspect that Trump would entertain discontinuing his run as a 3rd party and re-up with the Republicans in that circumstance. Not saying who that Republican Presidential candidate will be, but they'd almost have to be foolish not to take Trump as VP if the numbers supported the above scenario. Simplistic analysis, but could happen at the heart of it.