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Donald Trump to New York GOP: I'll Run for Governor if We Skip Primary
NewsMax ^ | 01/11/2014 | Sandy Fitzgerald

Posted on 01/11/2014 4:32:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Donald Trump is ready to run for governor of New York if the state's Republicans will unify behind him, but state GOP Chairman Ed Cox says Trump should officially declare his candidacy if he's serious about seeking the state's top spot.

Trump told the New York Daily News, after a two-hour meeting with 50 Republicans in his office on Friday, that he is seeking full support of the party and wants no primary elections.

"You can’t have primaries," said Trump. "You can’t have all the wasted time and effort in doing that. You have to pick somebody and go to win. If that couldn’t happen, I wouldn’t do it."

Cox, though, said Trump should go through the process of running, like any other candidate.

"If Donald Trump is serious about running for governor, he should declare his candidacy, run and go through the process," Cox is already supporting Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's potential campaign, the Daily News reports.

Astorino has not yet officially decided to run, but his spokeswoman, Jessica Proud, said he would not step aside and allow Trump to run unopposed.

"We think it's great he's thinking of running," Proud said. "They both care deeply about the state and are both very concerned watching Gov. [Andrew] Cuomo manage its decline."

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; gop; governor; newyork
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1 posted on 01/11/2014 4:32:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Spoken like a true statist.


2 posted on 01/11/2014 4:33:22 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: SeekAndFind

So he wants to be anointed?


3 posted on 01/11/2014 4:34:35 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: SeekAndFind

What a freaking jackass he is.


4 posted on 01/11/2014 4:36:35 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I'd vote for Trump with no problem. People run unopposed all the time. He actually has the right idea. Don't waste the money.

Cuomo ran unopposed.

5 posted on 01/11/2014 4:37:07 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: TomGuy
In other news, Trump tells Democrats he'll serve as governor if we skip elections.

Say, let's appoint the fool CHANCELLOR and get it over with.

6 posted on 01/11/2014 4:38:48 PM PST by stormhill
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t it time for him to go back to being a Republican?


7 posted on 01/11/2014 4:41:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t it time for him to go back to being a Democrat?


8 posted on 01/11/2014 4:41:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: SeekAndFind

Why didn’t Trump just run for NYC Mayor? Nobody’s going to vote for him outside NYC if he runs for Governor, especially up-staters who hate the city.


9 posted on 01/11/2014 4:45:27 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (15 years of FReeping! Congratulations EEE!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mr. Trump again shows his incredible chutzpah and air of self importance that elevated him to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year.

At least he is being true to who he is.


10 posted on 01/11/2014 4:54:17 PM PST by I_Like_Spam
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To: SeekAndFind

“If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.” — Pat Paulsen, 1968.


11 posted on 01/11/2014 4:59:01 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Sacajaweau
He actually has the right idea. Don't waste the money.

No primary and David Dewhurst would be the junior senator from Texas.

12 posted on 01/11/2014 5:01:10 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: SeekAndFind

Donald is 400% better than that Nazi prick Cuomo. That SOB Cuomo is sending out goons to confiscate weapons.


13 posted on 01/11/2014 5:02:56 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Sacajaweau
He actually has the right idea. Don't waste the money.

So, just let the party elites appoint someone. Saves time. Saves money. Saves injuries from voting machines.

Hey, if that is such a good idea for governorships, why not for presidents, too. And senators. And representatives.

Just let the party elites run things. They would like that. Why even bother with elections at all? Party elites from all parties could just put their selectees' names in a hat, draw one out, and that one gets the position.
14 posted on 01/11/2014 5:14:25 PM PST by TomGuy
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George Washington ran unopposed

It's not uncommon...We're talking a party running a candidate. Happens all the time for various offices.

15 posted on 01/11/2014 5:32:56 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Bump!

Politicians need the pomp to deceive voters plus they have the time for it. Business men don’t have that time.

Go Trump - knock Cuomo off his game of using NY as his ladder to the WH. He’s so smug, he’s repulsive.

Crapola- I can’t imagine what he would do but it would be fun and interesting to watch and see what he would do and SHOW what CAN be done while putting those liberals to shame.

I think he’d make NY a company/business paradise and that brings workers and boosts the economy for NY.


16 posted on 01/11/2014 5:33:02 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: I_Like_Spam
incredible chutzpah and air of self importance

That should be said of obama ALONE. Not a hard working proven successful NY'er who is a legal citizen who has afforded jobs to many.

17 posted on 01/11/2014 5:35:40 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: sergeantdave

Notice the ‘know nothings’ are trashing a hard working successful NY’er and get blind when it comes to the freedom sucking ways of a liberal; namely Cuomo.


18 posted on 01/11/2014 5:38:40 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Sacajaweau
George Washington ran unopposed

Donald Trump is no George Washington.

19 posted on 01/11/2014 5:40:01 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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Notice the ‘know nothings’ are trashing a hard working successful NY’er...

We're trashing his desire to gain political office without having to work for it.

20 posted on 01/11/2014 5:41:52 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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