Even the kid looks miserable.
Posted on 09/18/2015 6:50:29 AM PDT by nhwingut
She says this on a podcast with Fox colleague Chris Stirewalt.
Dana: Do you think any of them run as a third party?
Stirewalt: No, Paul has been a loyal foot soldier for Mitch McConnell, he ain't gonna do that. And Ted Cruz ain't gonna do that. Could Trump still -- he's not gonna get --
Dana: I don't think it would be Trump.
Stirewalt: Who would it be?
Dana: I'm gonna hold my cards.
She advertised this on The Five and gave a big Chessire Cat grin like she's not speculating, like she knows something.
So: Who? Well, first of all, Perino is obviously very tapped into the Bush camp. And Bush would have the money (presumably) to mount a third party campaign.
Given that this comes down to money, it could be she's talking about Romney, though the initial question about any of them (that is, the candidates) running third party suggests she doesn't mean Romney.
Maybe she was just being misleading there.
Could she mean Bush? Could she possibly mean that Bush is considering a third party run?
Open thread. I know, terrible week of blogging. But seriously last night went really late.
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Not necessarily. It depends on whom the major parties nominate. Under some situations--in a time when the major parties are held in such obvious contempt, a three way race might go any which way.
Let us say Trump captures the Republican nomination, and the Democrats were somehow to nominate Hillary--or find someone almost as ridiculous. A politically correct Republican would probably draw as much from the Hillary alike type of Democrat, as from Trump--in other words, split the "damn fool" vote.
Party loyalties used to mean infinitely more than they do now.
Remember Alaska.
“Romney” is good speculation - that makes more sense than one currently in the GOP primary race jump to third party. The principle of “not in either party” worked for Murkowski, but it can’t work on a presidential election because that election is indirect. Voters vote for party electors, not for a candidate.
Dana was W’s press secretary. She’s obviously got friends in the Bush clan. So, yeah, I think she’s talking about Yeb! running third party.
This would probably put Hildebeast and Bubba back in the White Hut. But, the Bushes don’t care. I’ve always thought the Bushes and Bubba are best of friends, going back to their governorships in adjoining states during the time of the Mena airport drug-trafficking arrangement.
Indeed. Interestingly, it was the moron CARTER who refused to allow Anderson on stage for the debate. Anderson ended up with 7% of the vote. Just as with Perot, post-election studies showed that he drew pretty much evenly from Carter and Reagan.
I am talking about the General and it’s extremely hard to get on the ballot in the general election in all 50 states. And many states have deadlines to meet their strict requirements
There has been talk on and off about drafting Michael bloomberg as a 3rd party candidate.
You make a good point.
That’s why Clinton won with 43% of the popular vote but more than DOUBLE the ev numbers of Bush.
If I had a dollar for every woman that said that to me.
I think your idea sounds most likely. The hoity-toity don’t get what they want, then they pee all over the hoi polloi. Just like Anderson Cooper did a Trump supporter. It makes me sick.
With that little thing?
What if it’s not a Republican who runs third party? Sanders?
Sanders said he’d run independent if he was not the Dem nominee. That would be AWESOME!!!
PeRino and Bolling were praising Linda Graham yesterday while Gutfeld was slamming Trump and Carson’s position on giving children fewer vaccinations at greater intervals.
I think “The Five” refers to their average IQ’s. Which is why stuttering fools like PeRino and Bolling are regulars on that show.
Even the kid looks miserable.
I’m not sure that is that far out of reality. He can just claim the GOP left him because they are whacky. I’m sure a lot if dems would vote for him as a Dem. He would keep Common Core, amnesty and a host of other liberal programs going.
Hoping Hillary stays in, and the Dem primary turns into a cage match. That'll force the Dems in the open primary states to vote in their own primaries instead of supporting Jeb in the Republican primaries.
Now that WOULD be funny...!
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