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Dana Perino: I Think Someone Might Run Third Party, But I'm "Holding My Cards" For Now (Bush?)
Ace of Spades HQ ^ | 09/18/2015 | Ace

Posted on 09/18/2015 6:50:29 AM PDT by nhwingut

She says this on a podcast with Fox colleague Chris Stirewalt.

Dana: Do you think any of them run as a third party?

Stirewalt: No, Paul has been a loyal foot soldier for Mitch McConnell, he ain't gonna do that. And Ted Cruz ain't gonna do that. Could Trump still -- he's not gonna get --

Dana: I don't think it would be Trump.

Stirewalt: Who would it be?

Dana: I'm gonna hold my cards.

She advertised this on The Five and gave a big Chessire Cat grin like she's not speculating, like she knows something.

So: Who? Well, first of all, Perino is obviously very tapped into the Bush camp. And Bush would have the money (presumably) to mount a third party campaign.

Given that this comes down to money, it could be she's talking about Romney, though the initial question about any of them (that is, the candidates) running third party suggests she doesn't mean Romney.

Maybe she was just being misleading there.

Could she mean Bush? Could she possibly mean that Bush is considering a third party run?

Open thread. I know, terrible week of blogging. But seriously last night went really late.

Ace of Spades HQ


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; gop
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
But seriously, anyone who runs 3rd party will destroy the election and hand it to the Democrats.

Not necessarily. It depends on whom the major parties nominate. Under some situations--in a time when the major parties are held in such obvious contempt, a three way race might go any which way.

Let us say Trump captures the Republican nomination, and the Democrats were somehow to nominate Hillary--or find someone almost as ridiculous. A politically correct Republican would probably draw as much from the Hillary alike type of Democrat, as from Trump--in other words, split the "damn fool" vote.

Party loyalties used to mean infinitely more than they do now.

41 posted on 09/18/2015 7:23:07 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Kenny

Remember Alaska.


42 posted on 09/18/2015 7:24:14 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Sirius Lee

“Romney” is good speculation - that makes more sense than one currently in the GOP primary race jump to third party. The principle of “not in either party” worked for Murkowski, but it can’t work on a presidential election because that election is indirect. Voters vote for party electors, not for a candidate.


43 posted on 09/18/2015 7:24:34 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: jwalsh07
I think she thinks Carly Fiorina might go that route.

To siphon some of Trump's women voters, if he is the Party nominee. Yes, I can see this. And all the while financed by the Republican Party that apparently wants Hillary to be President if Hep! cannot get the nomination.
44 posted on 09/18/2015 7:25:24 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: nhwingut

Dana was W’s press secretary. She’s obviously got friends in the Bush clan. So, yeah, I think she’s talking about Yeb! running third party.

This would probably put Hildebeast and Bubba back in the White Hut. But, the Bushes don’t care. I’ve always thought the Bushes and Bubba are best of friends, going back to their governorships in adjoining states during the time of the Mena airport drug-trafficking arrangement.


45 posted on 09/18/2015 7:25:25 AM PDT by duckworth (Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
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To: ConservativeDude

Indeed. Interestingly, it was the moron CARTER who refused to allow Anderson on stage for the debate. Anderson ended up with 7% of the vote. Just as with Perot, post-election studies showed that he drew pretty much evenly from Carter and Reagan.


46 posted on 09/18/2015 7:26:05 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

I am talking about the General and it’s extremely hard to get on the ballot in the general election in all 50 states. And many states have deadlines to meet their strict requirements


47 posted on 09/18/2015 7:26:05 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: nhwingut

There has been talk on and off about drafting Michael bloomberg as a 3rd party candidate.


48 posted on 09/18/2015 7:27:12 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: kabar; KC_Lion
Remember Alaska.

A believable option, if Trump is removed from the Republican equation. I could see Alaska running as a Libertarian Party candidate.
49 posted on 09/18/2015 7:27:27 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Cboldt

You make a good point.
That’s why Clinton won with 43% of the popular vote but more than DOUBLE the ev numbers of Bush.


50 posted on 09/18/2015 7:28:36 AM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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To: McGruff
Ouch! But accurate.

If I had a dollar for every woman that said that to me.

51 posted on 09/18/2015 7:29:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Ok. We won't call them 'Anchor Babies'. From now on, we shall call them 'Fetal Grappling Hooks'.)
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To: G Larry

I think your idea sounds most likely. The hoity-toity don’t get what they want, then they pee all over the hoi polloi. Just like Anderson Cooper did a Trump supporter. It makes me sick.


52 posted on 09/18/2015 7:30:13 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Lazamataz

With that little thing?


53 posted on 09/18/2015 7:31:02 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: nhwingut

What if it’s not a Republican who runs third party? Sanders?


54 posted on 09/18/2015 7:31:22 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: smalltownslick

Sanders said he’d run independent if he was not the Dem nominee. That would be AWESOME!!!


55 posted on 09/18/2015 7:36:03 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: nhwingut

PeRino and Bolling were praising Linda Graham yesterday while Gutfeld was slamming Trump and Carson’s position on giving children fewer vaccinations at greater intervals.

I think “The Five” refers to their average IQ’s. Which is why stuttering fools like PeRino and Bolling are regulars on that show.


56 posted on 09/18/2015 7:38:41 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: nhwingut
She's got a screw loose, that one.

Even the kid looks miserable.

57 posted on 09/18/2015 7:38:44 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: anoldafvet

I’m not sure that is that far out of reality. He can just claim the GOP left him because they are whacky. I’m sure a lot if dems would vote for him as a Dem. He would keep Common Core, amnesty and a host of other liberal programs going.


58 posted on 09/18/2015 7:40:01 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: smalltownslick
What if it’s not a Republican who runs third party? Sanders?

Hoping Hillary stays in, and the Dem primary turns into a cage match. That'll force the Dems in the open primary states to vote in their own primaries instead of supporting Jeb in the Republican primaries.

59 posted on 09/18/2015 7:41:04 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: nhwingut

Now that WOULD be funny...!


60 posted on 09/18/2015 7:41:51 AM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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