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Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid - POLITICO
politico.com ^ | 02/26/16 12:44 PM EST | Scott Bland

Posted on 02/26/2016 11:21:27 AM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives

Conservative donors have engaged a major GOP consulting firm in Florida to research the feasibility of mounting a late, independent run for president amid growing fears that Donald Trump could win the Republican nomination.

A memo prepared for the group zeroes in on ballot access as a looming obstacle for any independent candidate, along with actually identifying a viable, widely known contender and coalescing financial support for that person. The two states with the earliest deadlines for independent candidates, Texas and North Carolina, also have some of the highest hurdles for independents to get on the ballot, according to the research.

All this research has to happen before March 16, when inevitably Trump is the nominee, so that we have a plan in place, a source familiar with the discussions said. March 16 is the day after the GOP primary in Florida, a winner-take-all contest that Marco Rubio supporters have identified as a must-win to stop Trump's early momentum.

Its critical some serious attention is given to this, the source said.

The document, stamped *confidential,* was authored by staff at Data Targeting, a Republican firm based in Gainesville, Fla. The memo notes that *it is possible to mount an independent candidacy but [it] will require immediate action on the part of this core of key funding and strategic players.*

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


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They are desperate. The fix is in; to try to take down Trump with Ruboto or Romney
1 posted on 02/26/2016 11:21:27 AM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives
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They want Hildebeast. Imho, their perks will still be secure..


2 posted on 02/26/2016 11:22:50 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: GOPAreDemProgressives

Republican Party - An extinct American political party that was founded by the Abolition Movement in the 1850’s, and played a major role in American politics until it committed suicide in 2016.


3 posted on 02/26/2016 11:22:58 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Loyalty oaths are one-way, you see.


4 posted on 02/26/2016 11:23:01 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: GOPAreDemProgressives
The Document


5 posted on 02/26/2016 11:23:12 AM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives
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“Conservative” donors - which ones would those be?


6 posted on 02/26/2016 11:23:31 AM PST by corkoman
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First the Mississippi Plan now the Alaska Plan (Murkowski).

These fake conservatives would rather burn this country down then see immigration and trade reform.


7 posted on 02/26/2016 11:24:45 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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I would guess they don’t want the party taken over by a bully, a liar, conartist, you name it.

I would support this if Cruz or Rubio don’t secure the nomination.


8 posted on 02/26/2016 11:24:49 AM PST by JRochelle (No matter how long you live, you cannot outlive the damage done by Obama, to this country.)
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My guess would be Jeb!’s donors.


9 posted on 02/26/2016 11:24:53 AM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives
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How dare the voters elect their president?!

I mean, really!


10 posted on 02/26/2016 11:25:20 AM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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The GOPe knows their con game is coming to an end.


11 posted on 02/26/2016 11:25:38 AM PST by Signalman
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The Cheap Labor Express will do whatever it takes to stop us from electing a President who would stop the illegal alien inundation.

The RNC/GOP appears unable to deliver the amnesty candidate they owe to The Cheap Labor Express.


12 posted on 02/26/2016 11:26:07 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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The Cheap Labor Express donors


13 posted on 02/26/2016 11:27:00 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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And by Donors, they really mean the Oligarchs: Rockefeller, du Pont, Morgan, Mellon, Ford, etc...

Here’s the list from 1937 (from Ferdinand Lundberg’s “America’s 60 Families):

http://www.nndb.com/lists/439/000127058/


14 posted on 02/26/2016 11:27:09 AM PST by Vic S
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This is a desperation you don’t see outside of some movies. I signed with Trump in early January and filed as an alternate delegate. Some of my political friends, allies in other campaigns, are horrified and want to do anything they can to stop Trump. What a time to be in politics!


15 posted on 02/26/2016 11:27:21 AM PST by jimfree (In November 2016 my 15 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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So you like their plan? Rumors have it that they will place Romney.

Rest assured, if they do this, it will be the end of the GOPe. This move will guarantee a Hillary win. It is sickening.

16 posted on 02/26/2016 11:27:26 AM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives
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The liberal democrats are giddy to hear this...
They love the idea....


17 posted on 02/26/2016 11:27:42 AM PST by JBW1949
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So if one of the ineligible Cubans don’t get nominated, you want Hillary or Bernie to win?


18 posted on 02/26/2016 11:28:08 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

isn’t that truly the most damning aspect of all of this?


19 posted on 02/26/2016 11:28:19 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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Conservative donors have engaged a major GOP consulting firm in Florida to research the feasibility of mounting a late, independent run for president amid growing fears that Donald Trump could win the Republican nomination.

Let me guess, Romney? He'll split the vote with Hillary.

20 posted on 02/26/2016 11:28:38 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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