[Paine in the Neck]

Don’t do it. Don’t take that pledge. Keep the GOPe squirming.

[tellw]

He should run in both party’s primaries.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Yep! Keep them squirming.

[Tau Food]

I just wish that the three Fox moderators would apologize for acting like political hacks. This could all be over with by now.

[thefactor]

And it’ll keep the Dems in the White House.

[Cboldt]

Sore loser laws box him in pretty soon anyway. The pledge that he won't take is "I will support the GOP nominee."

Another rhetorical dynamic is the GOP puppet masters trying to get Trump off the stage. That is harder to do if Trump has pledged to not go third party, regardless of whether it's the pledge or the law that prevents him from going third party.

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

Yes I loved that he said it.

[Ohioan]

I agree, he should not take that pledge. He should stick to the concept that he will not run as a Third Party candidate, so long as the Party nominee is someone whom he can respect. To go beyond that is to put Party ahead of the Constitution, ahead of the American people, who expect that that Constitution must be respected.

The decline in honor among many Republicans in Washington--do we exaggerate(?)--makes a Party "right or wrong" pledge, itself, an implicit betrayal.

[xzins]

It should be a strategic decision, but the truth is that he can ALWAYS hedge by saying, “I pledge provided fair treatment.”

[Impy]

Yeah, keep every patriot “squirming” with the the thought of Hillary winning 38 states on 46% of the vote, yes we can! Party like it’s 1992 or 1912!!!! Gag.