Posted on 05/05/2016 5:58:57 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
There is great confusion in the GOP ranks and the media about the likelihood of a third candidate running. Multiple sources confirm there are several groups with access to funding, in communication with one another, working on a third-party run. It is not, as commonly argued, all that difficult to get on ballots in most every state. “The process is complex but not hard,” says longtime GOP operative Rick Wilson, who is involved in such efforts. “All the steps are explicable, and the lawyers know how to get it home. Even in ballot access states due in May, there are legal hacks around it.”
In part, this is because there is not just one way to qualify for ballots. Those who have researched the process tell me that in some states an independent run is most feasible. In others, qualifying on the “line” of an existing party is the best route; that party need not be the same in all states. There are also write-in campaigns. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) — not an easy name to spell — won that way in Alaska in 2010 after losing the GOP primary. It is also possible to form a brand-new party, as then-Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) did after losing his primary in 2006. He won under the “Connecticut for Lieberman” party.
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Anything and everything by the media to get Hillary elected. Notice how much they’ve mentioned an open convention for the liberal side?
This is how much they want illegal immigration.
I don’t think these are serious reports.
Sasse is not going to do something like this.
Someone needs to show this idiot the video of Trump in WVA tonight. His connection with the miners and the working man was amazing to watch. A few more rallies like this and hillary is toast.
More likely Bernie goes Green Party if democrats don’t do as he says.
Why not? Obama.
Oh, I see. It’s Jen “I hate Ted Cruz” Rubin.
A joke.
Well, plans a through q have failed, let’s try r and s...
If you didn’t catch Dobbs tonight, make time for the replay...
Actually Sasse has been in the Senate two years LESS than Obama when he made his run.
She’s the Queen of the Neocons.
I never miss Dobbs. Lou and I were with Trump from the first rally. LOL. Sessions was really good.
Who would vote for Sasse? He or any other 3rd party candidate would have no base of support. Trump is consolidating the three-legged stool. Sasse would get as much votes as John Anderson in 1980.
Who is Ben SiSSy?
The Cheap Labor Express is not giving up.
Ben Sassse is one of their stooges.
That guy comes across like the smart-ass punk he *is*.
Good luck with that idea.
Jebbifer Rubin is one of the mouthpieces for The Cheap Labor Express.
They really will do whatever it takes to block the citizens from electing a President who would enforce the laws and borders.
“Sasse is not going to do something like this.”
Would it matter if he did? Before he became a mouthpiece for #NeverTrump, who outside of Nebraska ever heard of him? He’s a political featherweight. If Trump could take down 16 qualified opponents who were willing to subject themselves to the primary process, we can only imagine what he’d do to this Nobody?
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