Posted on 05/02/2016 10:27:06 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
For those who thought it is too late for a third-party candidate to run for president, don't count out that option quite yet.
Bill Kristol has put out a hypothetical short list of third-party candidates, including Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who could run if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, Breitbart News reports.
One of the nation's most influential conservatives and editor of The Weekly Standard, Kristol has said that a Trump victory in Indiana this Tuesday would force him to refocus on his so-called Latter-Day Republican independent ticket.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Billy Boy
And that might be enough to throw the election to Hillary (which would be the goal in the first place).
He’s mighty free with other people’s money and time. Complete waste.
Yes, and they’re still drinking up...
In reality a third candidate could, theoretically, win a state (say, Alaska) and prevent the Republican nominee from winning a majority in the electoral college. If the Democrat also failed to attain a majority, the election would be thrown into the House.There, even if the Democrats mustered a small majority of Representatives, the Republicans would dominate the election because the balloting for POTUS would be, one state delegation one vote. And Republicans dominate a clear majority of state delegations because of “natural” (and also artificial) gerrymandering effects of Democrat concentration in cities. Pennsylvania is an example; we can’t easily win statewide elections but of the 18 Representatives from here, only 5(!) are Democrats. And that is on top of the fact that most small-population states are Republican, even statewide.
The contest in the House would be among the top three electoral-vote winners. Therefore a GOPe candidate who won one or more “red” states without also giving the Democrats wins in purple states could in principle win the presidency.
This is designed to be a republic, not a democracy . . .
Ouch!
Good snag there. I agree with your thoughts about the implications too.
I have two words for him gay aveck.
Okay I will bite. What is gay aveck?
Poor Bill. He is trying hard to be relevant.
Is Mitt still dating his mistress Maria?
Little Billy you are a dope!
Good grief man, how can you show your face in public after a completely absurd comment like that? Oh, you have to have shame.......my bad.
Pissed that GEORGE WILL beat him to the punch yesterday. Neocons all
One of the nation’s most influential conservatives??????
At Kristol’s Bris, the mohel gave back the donation. “Couldn’t find anything,” he muttered.
I was watching Shark Tank the night Kristol was on the show. Kristol’s Smirk Cream is now being sold at Bed Bath and Beyond, thanks to Lori Grenier’s support. You rub it on your lower face, and even if you are as wrong as hell, an arrogant smirk will appear.
Bill Kristol has about as much influence as Anthony Wiener.
That isn’t really fair. The Weiner family is essential to the Muslim Brotherhood getting good USA Intel.
Gehe weg is go away. Yiddish or German.
Without an existing party with ballot access a third party bid will be lucky to get on half the state ballots.
It's Trump or Hillary. Choose.
“One of the nation’s most influential conservatives ... Kristol ...”
Influential to whom? He hasn’t been relevant in conservative circles in ten or twelve years, if ever.
“At Kristol’s Bris, the mohel gave back the donation. “Couldn’t find anything,” he muttered.”
Now that’s funny! There was nothing to bob! I understand the Mohel’s Creed is: “It won’t be long now!”
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