Here’s an idea.
Trump could just announce he’s going 3rd party.
Set up the workers needed in each state and start running attack ads on Hillary and the RINOs on the republican side.
Hit ‘em till it really hurts.
Then just when the pressure is really intense and he is ahead in the polls he could announce that he would entertain the idea of retiring from the race but only if a suitable conservative is the republican nominee... and name Cruz as that acceptable nominee.
This would present the GOPee with a huge dilemma. It would at that point be a certainty that either Hillary or Trump would prevail..and that Jeb? had no chance at all. So they would either chose to win with Cruz or admit that they think it would be better to let Hillary win than allow a true conservative republican to win. ... Quite a choice.
This is something Trump could do if he is really only interested in saving the country.
I happen to think that he could mount a 3rd party run that has a better than even chance of winning. People are royally pissed off at lying politicians and he could get a lot of votes from both parties.
Wouldn’t the debates be fun.. Hillary, Jeb? and Trump all on one big stage together...lol
Almost like Perot did back in the day...
You have a dream that isn’t going to materialize. I’ve heard this same theory from many on here. Donald doesn’t like to lose - at anything, and he isn’t going to pull out while he’s ahead. He isn’t anyone’s stalking horse, nor is he giving up $213 million a year from “The Apprentice,” to hand his voters over to someone else. That’s a lot of money to lose - even if you are a billionaire. I would be quite happy with a Cruz presidency, but, although he says all the right things and has the conservative bonafides - there is something that is keeping me from totally committing to his campaign - neither am I all in for Trump either.
“This would present the GOPee with a huge dilemma. It would at that point be a certainty that either Hillary or Trump would prevail.”
No dilemma at all. A Trump victory means EVERYONE who runs the RNC is out of work, a Hillary victory means business as usual (a Jeb victory, not that it will happen, means more jobs and chances of promotion).
That’s why they’re scared to death - it’s their jobs on the line. If Trump seems about to win the nomination, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY will be the ones that talk Third Party and will find someone, maybe Huckabee, to siphon votes to make sure Trump loses in November - exactly what they did to Oliver North when he ran for Senate.
Trump’s debate comeback should be something like: “Will the Republican Party support ME, if I’m on the top of the ticket?”
In the 1994 election, North unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate as the Republican Party candidate in Virginia. Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia endorsed Marshall Coleman, a Republican who ran as an independent, instead of North. North lost by a 46 percent to 43 percent margin to incumbent Democrat Charles Robb,[26] a son-in-law of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Coleman received 11%. North’s candidacy was documented in the 1996 film A Perfect Candidate.[19]