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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 ...
Exactly.
There has been a moratorium on talking about illegal immigration for years.
Trump came along and made it the top issue.
Agreed
Thanks for the article link.
One of the things I’ve occasionally wondered over the years, never really bought into but wondered, was whether John Andersons 1980 third Party run was a negotiation tactic used to get Reagan to put Bush onto the ticket. One that couldn’t be pulled back once Bush was on the ticket.
Seems out there, I know, but things like that do happen in politics.
They want to Perot Trump, handing Hillary the election rather than see someone who is not anointed by the Globalists.
Globalism is all they care about.
It surpasses nationalism, religion, freedom... you name it.
One Worlders to the bitter end of us all.
yes, and that makes it all the more infuriating. they are so transparently duplicitous. making Trump look like he was disloyal when he was unsure he would support the nominee....now that he is winning...only a few willing to support him. pathetic.
"Back the party so the people inside it could keep living the high life at our expense".
Unless the GOPe finds a way to fix the convention. 3rd party threat is Trump’s leverage.
If Trump doesn’t do what he claims he will do, he could lose a primary race to a real conservative.
His leverage against the GOP, vis-a-vis the convention, is his popularity.
Ah, yet another paid cruz-troll that glommed onto an inactive account that last posted on 8/20/2014 and then suddenly started posting anti-Trump screeds:
http://freerepublic.com/tag/by:jrochelle/index?brevity=full;tab=comments
TEGNA/SurveyUSA (Georgia) Trump 50, Clinton 41 (Trump +9) Cruz 49, Clinton 42 (Cruz +7) Rubio 50, Clinton 43 (Rubio +7)
PPP (Florida) Trump 46, Clinton 44 (Trump +2) Clinton 47, Cruz 39 (Clinton +8) Clinton 45, Rubio 43 (Clinton +2)
Michigan Republican Presidential Primary Target Insyght Trump 41, Rubio 17, Cruz 14, Kasich 12, Carson 8 Trump +24
Thanks for that...
The gopE always gets their man on the ticket. And the reason they keep doing it is because we keep voting for them. I voted for McCain and I despise that bastard. I voted for the feminine Romney (he walks like a girl and fights like a girl). I will NEVER again vote for a gopE. If he or she has the support of the gopE leaders then my vote goes elsewhere.
It’s time we all accept that republicans do NOT represent us. I know they don’t represent me. All they want is my money and my vote. They’ll never get either again.
They already have BLOOMBERG, which should make them REALLY HAPPY.
No need to try to find anyone else.
Nancy Graham is otherwise engaged with Juan McWeasel..Nancy was seen shopping for Crisco..
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