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 ...
Please note the huge influx of anti-Trump posters who have not been here for a very long time, only to show up now.
When you see someone that you don’t recognize who is standing behind Rubio now, it pays to check their posting history.
Lots of new trolls today.
Yeh dream on. LOL!
Nice try troll.
Member since Feb 2016
Freeper please! DU is a better place for you.
Happens every election year like clockwork.
Not Cruz.
Not Rubio.
Not Carson, or Sanders, or Kasich, or anybody else.
TRUMP
If if weren't for Trump, immigration wouldn't even be talked about. Now it's one of the top issues.
If not for Trump, Cruz would be in the lead and the narrative would be how to phrase our new tax policy so we can get 1% more of the vote.
Trump is saving us. All you Cruz supporters remember that.
You'll never admit it, but you know it's true.
I know, right?
Trump is the cheap labor expert. He brought in hundreds of illegals from Poland to build the Trump Tower.
They know Trump has it in the bag to beat Hillary Clinton
Political science professor forecasts Trump as general election winner | The Statesman
Elites LOVE the CHEAP LABOR EXPRESS... It’s worth billions to them and they’ll do whatever it takes to keep it running.
Carson would have “lifted the veil” if he had been given the opportunity.
Scared to death an American capitalist will actually get back into the White House.
I think this is more of an empty threat than an actual plan. When it comes down to it, they know that this would only hurt the GOP. I don’t expect much to come of this.
There could be a different reason for this study. It may be to see what options Trump has to run 3rd party if they push Trump too hard.
I think if not for Trump Jeb would be the leading candidate.
Without Trump this would be a content free campaign. The Media could ignore the issues and other candidates and talk about what a great governor Jeb was.
Trump made the candidates talk about what voters were interested in.
That made all the difference.
You're damn right! Hey GOPe, elites, one worlders, cheap labor expressers, socialists, hate Americaers, La Raza, BLM, race-baters. . Listen Up! You don't get it. We have been abused since the 60s. We have watched our Sacred Republic be sabotaged, abused and belittled. We have seen creeping socialism, political correctness, global warming scam, Solyndra scams, constant racism and race card, cultural rot, assault on Christianity, idealization and promotion of Islam, open borders, Muslim refugee flood, obvious attemp to get more dems and Cloward-Piven us to death, ignoring our immigration laws, Commie Core, brainwashing of our youth, AA and quotas, MSM the media arm of the dem party and WH, infestation of our bureaucracies with socialist/communist, MB and dem activists, Not building the Wall, betrayal by the Uniparty after the 10 and 12' elections where they were told to Stop Obama, SCOTUS judicial activism, gut the military, ignoring our vets, IRS abuse, Benghazi, 'Arab Spring', ISIS mess, high taxes, excessive regulation, Obamacare forced down our throats, less jobs, more welfare, Cloward-Piven on steroids. a commie/Muslim President that flaunts his vacations and hates America, anti-Family, anti-small business attitude, pandering to the various subgroups. . . . I could go on and on.
Hear this: We have Had Enough and there is a cold revolution going on that will manifest itself at the ballot box on Nov 8. If that is corrupted, stolen or sabotaged in any way, then the revolution goes hot. What about that do you not understand?
Carson would have lifted the veil if he had been given the opportunity.
You're kidding, right?
He's had an opportunity. It's called HIS CAMPAIGN.
For a political forum, a lot of people here certainly don't understand modern politics.
Aggressive matters. Attacking matters. Optics matter. Social media matters. Soundbites matter. Salesmanship matters. Showmanship matters. Emotional appeal matters.
You can't just go out there and talk about the same stale tired boilerplate lectures on Conservatism.
It's why Trump is successful.
Trump has every advantage staying in the party. He is on the ballot in all states and territories that conduct primaries, he is winning. It isn’t Trump who is looking for an “in,” he has his “in.”
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