"Must confess a certain concern about what the “surprize” is he keeps referring to."
Yes, that was an interesting marketing ploy, I do not think it would be a "surprise" if he announced to run as a Republican.
My conjecture would be that in his meeting with the GOP, they told him there was no way he was going to get the nomination and support of the GOP.
So he will announce that he is running as a 3rd Party candidate because the polls have him as the wining candidate at this time.
In that way he completes his story that he would not run as a 3rd party "unless he thought he could win".
Karl Rove and the GOP shoot themselves in the foot again and nominate Romney.
0bama is elected for 4 more years because the RINO's will not switch over to vote for Trump.
The GOP is in the process of committing suicide.
I’m not sure there’s anything we can do.
But voting for Trump is not the answer either.
Voting Conservative is.