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Donald Trump Considering Taking Pledge Not to Run as Third-Party Candidate
ABC News/Good Morning America ^ | 8/10/15 | Jon Karl

Posted on 08/10/2015 6:54:04 AM PDT by tellw

Donald Trump may soon do what Republican leaders have been asking the billionaire candidate to do -- pledge not to run as an independent candidate for president, a senior Trump adviser told ABC News.

Trump refused to take that pledge at the start of Thursday's GOP debate but is now seriously considering promising not to run as an independent if he does not win the Republican nomination, the adviser said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; johnbrowdie; newyork; trump
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To: Tau Food

Nope—Damage already done—On both sides.

You can’t unring a bell.

The candidates who have since criticized Trump are off my consideration list as they don’t seem to understand that the enemy is the DemocRAT Party, not other Republicans.

Will not watch Faux News again, either.


21 posted on 08/10/2015 7:02:11 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Great. Enjoy Hillary or Bernie. You’ll have yourself to thank for it. This is big boy politics, not some rebellious teen acting out.


22 posted on 08/10/2015 7:05:21 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: tellw

Trump said when asked to raise his hand in the pledge that it would depend on who won the nomination. The others (ALL OF THEM) all pledged to support Jeb Bush if he got the nomination. GO TRUMP!


23 posted on 08/10/2015 7:05:23 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: Tau Food

Agreed. Some of the actions by the moderators of this debate and previous ones were inexcusable.


24 posted on 08/10/2015 7:06:48 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: tellw

How about Trumpe will not run 3rd party because the Repubics will become third party if Bush wins. Trump will run in the NEW Republican party.


25 posted on 08/10/2015 7:09:02 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: tellw

Too soon. Let them squirm another month or two.


26 posted on 08/10/2015 7:10:03 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: tellw

Keep’em guessing, Donald!

Don’t fall into their rhetorical traps.

==

Trump is still dominating the headlines.

Sorry, Luntz, but it is difficult to bury someone when he is still dominating the political theater.


27 posted on 08/10/2015 7:10:17 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: tellw

Never take any option off the table.


28 posted on 08/10/2015 7:11:00 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: tellw; C. Edmund Wright
I would love Donald Trump to say ...

... as long as this party does not nominate Jeb Bush, I pledge to support the winner and not make a third party run. However, if Jeb is the nominee, all bets are off.

29 posted on 08/10/2015 7:12:07 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: conservative98

Third Party? Where’s the second party?


30 posted on 08/10/2015 7:13:33 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: tellw

31 posted on 08/10/2015 7:15:42 AM PDT by spokeshave (If an illegal alien is undocumented immigrant a drug dealer is an unlicensed pharmacist)
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To: Servant of the Cross

+1


32 posted on 08/10/2015 7:17:34 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a' white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: dfwgator

“Third Party? Where’s the second party?”

Good one.

Trump taking a plege or whatever to not run as an independent would be a serious blow to his competitors.


33 posted on 08/10/2015 7:22:48 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: conservative98

Uh Huh, sounds right!.............in any case if Mr Trump agrees to agree to any such “agreement” (?) it will change many minds now in favor of him and what he stands for, including me, for whatever that’s worth, I know!

Dick.G: AMERICAN !
aka: Gunny G
******


34 posted on 08/10/2015 7:22:52 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Arm_Bears
"Will not watch Faux News again, either."

Please explain how that will help yourself or teach Fox some kind of lesson.

35 posted on 08/10/2015 7:23:39 AM PDT by Buffalo Head (Illigitimi non carborundum)
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To: kabar

You are CORRECT, meaningless pledges. Heck even marriage vows/pledges don’t mean anything anymore.


36 posted on 08/10/2015 7:24:39 AM PDT by annieokie
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To: thefactor
This is big boy politics, not some rebellious teen acting out.

You are right in saying that this is a high-stakes, cut-throat field. But you draw the wrong conclusion. A pledge of support to the GOPe (in any manner -- pledge not to run 3rd party, pledge of future support, etc.) is effectively giving carte blanche to a syndicate that has proven that there is no rule or law that they will not bend or break, in order to bypass the will of their constituents in favor of their big donor masters. Essentially, a pledge, in any form, is a big "kick me" sign, directed at a group (the Republican wing of the DC cartel) who has shown no hesitancy to fight dirty, and shows no willingness to go quietly into the night.

This isn't a "rebellious teen". This is someone who understands high-stakes negotiations better than all of us combined. A pledge, of any kind, is giving away the ace up your sleeve to an opponent who has been blatantly stacking the deck for decades.
37 posted on 08/10/2015 7:24:48 AM PDT by jjsheridan5 (The next Ronald Reagan will not be a Republican, but rather a former Republican)
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To: Arm_Bears

I think it would be foolish for Trump to pledge not to run third party. That would give the GOPe chance to dis-invite him from debates for some little thing he says, much like Erick Erickson did at Red State.


38 posted on 08/10/2015 7:25:39 AM PDT by BaldJohn
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To: IC Ken

Trump should have thrown the ? back at the other candidates! “Will all of you support me if I win the nomination?”

Would any of them raised their hands?


39 posted on 08/10/2015 7:26:04 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Yes I loved that he said it.


40 posted on 08/10/2015 7:26:04 AM PDT by Chauncey Uppercrust (I COULD EASILY SAY...ALL IN FOR TRUMP)
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