Posted on 08/27/2015 7:03:54 AM PDT by conservativejoy
He'd love it!! You fools!!
Really? From what planet is Cohen reading his news?
These pledges don’t mean anything. He can always change his mind.
He is just saying this now because he thinks the other candidates are too pathetic to beat him and he wants their support in the general election.
Hmmm . . . if John Ellis Bush gets the nomination, maybe he can throw a half billion at a Palin ticket . . .
We can expect Donald to keep the GOPe sorority pledge just as much as Donald can trust the GOPe to play fair and listen the the voice of the people
If not the second part, then not the first
Perhaps you could cite some unfair actions by the RNC?
Citing hysterical blog posts, Faux News and WaPo commentators doesn’t really effect how the RNC is behaving.
Now let’s see Linda Graham pledge to support trump if he takes the nomination
It’s apparent that you don’t know Trump very well. He keeps his word - he’s old school like that.
Most of the conservative pundits are still in the denial stage of grief as are a few Freepers. They all think that one of the other 16 candidates who you can hardly call their names to mind will miraculously become interesting and beat Trump in the polls. LOL!
Why do they keep lying about that? Megyn started it again on her show. Trump merely responded in kind.
Well, I'd prefer you do it, since you raised the question. Google "RNC's bad treatment of Trump" and pick out something to read from the 2.79 million hits. Better still, despite his lead in the polls, show me where the RNC is supporting the front-runner.
While as a Republican, I would certainly prefer to see a Republican loyal to our Constitution elected; as a lifelong analyst of election data, I am very certain that next year's election, may offer the best chance yet for a Third Party candidate for President. Party loyalty--for either party--is now lower that it was in any of the more serious Third Party runs (1912, 1924, 1968, and 1992). It is by no means certain--not at all--that Trump could not win as a Third Party candidate. (If the Party choices were Jeb & Hillary, I think it could almost turn into a cakewalk--but, to be honest, my analysis indicates that both of those candidates are dead in the water.)
That said, it might be easier for Trump or Cruz to win as a Republican, than as an independent--provided, of course, that some sort of enforceable pledge can be obtained, not only from the other major candidates, but from the RNC, that all make the same pledge, and that the nominating process will be scrupulously fair.
While as a Republican, I would certainly prefer to see a Republican loyal to our Constitution elected; as a lifelong analyst of election data, I am very certain that next year's election, may offer the best chance yet for a Third Party candidate for President. Party loyalty--for either party--is now lower that it was in any of the more serious Third Party runs (1912, 1924, 1968, and 1992). It is by no means certain--not at all--that Trump could not win as a Third Party candidate. (If the Party choices were Jeb & Hillary, I think it could almost turn into a cakewalk--but, to be honest, my analysis indicates that both of those candidates are dead in the water.)
That said, it might be easier for Trump or Cruz to win as a Republican, than as an independent--provided, of course, that some sort of enforceable pledge can be obtained, not only from the other major candidates, but from the RNC, that all make the same pledge, and that the nominating process will be scrupulously fair.
When asked if he would pledge not to run as a third party candidate during the debates Trump should have said; OK I'll pledge but only if ALL GOP congressmen and senators swear to support my policies when I'm elected.
“Perhaps you could cite some unfair actions by the RNC?”
You have to believe they are complicit in the decision by states to change their rules regarding primaries. It’s unlikely state parties would do this without consulting the RNC. Their ploy will not work due to his high level of support. He has until Sept 30th and assuming his popularity will continue to rise, he can sign their pledge with assurance. It was undoubtedly designed to paint him into a corner, but it will be a moot point by then unless something dramatic happens in the meantime.
Can you cite any fair actions by the RNC?
From the article: Michael Cohen, a top Trump aide, did not go so far as to confirm that the businessman would make the step of forsaking a run as an independent. But he did tell the Huffington Post that Trump never had “any intent” of running as anything other than a Republican.
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So he really has not said anything at all about not running as an indy.
Trump’s support is a mile wide; the question which I don’t think anyone can answer at this point is whether it is only an inch deep.
We’ve only had two, maybe three Presidents in the last 100 years whose supporters would have gone to hell and back for him: FDR and Reagan, and maybe Eisenhower. People have “known” Trump for over a generation, but he hasn’t built the personal connection with them over time the way FDR did in the 20s and 30s, or Reagan in the 70s and 80s(Eisenhower’s election was essentially a WWII victory lap for all the GIs everywhere, since MacArthur and Halsey were both too old, and Patton was too dead).
We’ve had others who were “firsts”—JFK the first WWII non-general (followed by Nixon, Ford, and Bush 41), Clinton the first Boomer (followed by Bush 43 and Obama), Obama the first “black”—but none of them had or has the deep support of a majority of the American people. Now, it may be that in the plethora of 21st century media options Trump can build that rapport much more quickly than in previous centuries, but while the media options have changed, people have not: Aristotle said it took “time and familiarity,” and I don’t think that has changed.
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