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Will the GOP Mount a Third-Party Challenge to Trump?
Politico ^ | Jeff Greenfield

Posted on 12/20/2015 5:34:38 PM PST by TigerClaws

Donald Trump may have eased some Republican fears Tuesday night when he declared his intention to stay inside the party. But if their angst has been temporarily eased at the prospect of what he would do if he loses, they still face a far more troubling, and increasingly plausible, question.

What happens to the party if he wins?

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/12/donald-trump-2016-third-party-bid-213449#ixzz3uunF2pRX

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


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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Just some more churning and meme-building by the Partisan Media Shills (PMS) -- all of them in the bag for the DNC.

21 posted on 12/20/2015 6:12:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: BenLurkin

Party of TDS


22 posted on 12/20/2015 6:13:06 PM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: editor-surveyor

“Trump is already beaten by the numbers, no matter how hard the MSM tries to elevate him.”

What alternate reality are you living in, LOL!


23 posted on 12/20/2015 6:15:45 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: Salvey

24 posted on 12/20/2015 6:16:57 PM PST by Bratch
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To: CottonBall

LOL...it’s apparent some folks invent their own facts.


25 posted on 12/20/2015 6:17:01 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Jane Long

It’s easier to sleep that way, I suppose.


26 posted on 12/20/2015 6:22:21 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: HarleyLady27

BTTT!


27 posted on 12/20/2015 6:23:42 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Salvey
The GOPe is almost indistinguishable from the RATs. They are totalitarian elitists to the bone. No different from the communists, socialists or fascists. Yes, they all hate individual liberty and freedom. The question is: should they be disposed of humanely or in the most inhumane manner possible?
28 posted on 12/20/2015 6:24:31 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: TigerClaws

They have a history of this. Recall the Alaska senate race when the anointed Country Club republican lost the primary to a conservative. No problem, the crony capitalists just opened their wallet and bought the general election, giving the democrats another safe ‘republican’ vote in the Senate.


29 posted on 12/20/2015 6:25:19 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35

They put out street money in Mississippi to defeat the conservative with black votes, saying the conservative would take away their right to vote if elected.


30 posted on 12/20/2015 6:26:37 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Trump has coattails. If we want to primary GOPe types or democrats in purple states, or even take another statehouse or two, this is the election to do it.


31 posted on 12/20/2015 6:27:37 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: MtnClimber

I wouldn’t have any problem with the totalitarian elitists if they would let me into the club. Since they won’t, count me in with the Resistance.


32 posted on 12/20/2015 6:28:27 PM PST by PAR35
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To: TigerClaws

I don’t think they can pull running a third party presidential candidate off. It would be suicidal.


33 posted on 12/20/2015 6:30:14 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops)
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To: TigerClaws

Yes, but they were just buying a primary there. In Alaska, they had the temerity to run a candidate against the Republican nominee.


34 posted on 12/20/2015 6:30:53 PM PST by PAR35
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To: MtnClimber

I vote option #2, must be a message to those in the future who think to go down the same path.


35 posted on 12/20/2015 6:31:05 PM PST by crosdaddy
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To: MEG33

You miss the point. They don’t care if they win at that point. As long as they can put down the conservative opposition, they don’t care if the democrat wins. They won’t have to split off many votes to guarantee a Hilary or Sanders win.


36 posted on 12/20/2015 6:32:34 PM PST by PAR35
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To: MEG33

It won’t be the GOP by name.

It’ll be the big money donors. They pick a guy and back him.

If Cruz is the nominee, they can just stop the money flow and defeat Cruz that way. Trump is tougher. They’d have to split the vote most likely.

They want to keep control over the purse strings (1.1 trillion a year).

You think they’re going to risk losing that?


37 posted on 12/20/2015 6:33:20 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: BenLurkin
I wonder what they would call themselves?

The "Too Late to Register as Candidate" party.

38 posted on 12/20/2015 6:36:19 PM PST by spokeshave (MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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To: TigerClaws

Why not just throw the big money behind Clinton!?


39 posted on 12/20/2015 6:37:40 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops)
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To: TigerClaws

The Grand Old Pharisee Establishment

40 posted on 12/20/2015 6:38:29 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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