I don’t think any of the top fifty Republicans will campaign for Trump...it’s toxic for their relationship with the party headquarters. Course, once we come to February of 2016 and Trump wins three of first four primaries...it’s going to be difficult for the party to hold back people.
Face up to facts....half the people who claim they vote Republican most of the time are disenchanted with the overall party itself. The mechanism is broke. It’s not just the Tea Party crowd in this group now.
On the other side of this situation....twenty percent of Democrats are sour with their party and someone like Trump who is not a pure Republican...would interest them. For both party headquarters....he’s toxic because he won’t work with their established figureheads, or their chosen media gamers (Erickson among the group).
We would know that getting elected is more important than conservatism. I sincerely hope Palin doesn't do that.
My theory:
Palin is already running. She's using Donald as a surrogate campaign.
Once he's nominated, he's going to graciously turn over all his delegates and support over to her.
So Palin avoids the GOPe primaries, which would have been stacked against her, she avoids the leftist media and catches them off-guard, she avoids the Chamber of Commere goons, and she can just focus on running in a general election and open a can on Hillary.
I guess some who derive their views from public figures might be swayed.
I understand that Trump is a liberal and I don't care who campaigns for him.
Interesting question. IMO, it could happen only if Palin had sufficient reason to believe Trump was a viable and capable candidate who could serve reasonably well as president. We can confidently conclude she will not allow herself to be “used” for political gain again.
Then my answer to your question: she would align herself with a straight-talking middle of the roader, non-politician who has a set and who appears to satisfy the requirements of the bulk of the voters.
My calc: Trump voters + Cruz voters + Sarah voters > traditional dem voters (no matter who that candidate might be).
Pepsionice touched on a significant point: it is clear the segment of voters in the middle has increased sharply. Many conservatives are at a point where they would rather have a middle of the roader than be betrayed once more by a RINO, and many traditional dem voters are concerned with the by now quite clear and obvious lockstep jerk to the far left by the dem party.
Re the title of the thread: EE summarily disinvited DT and then tried to explain and "apologize" by attributing our backlash not to his pompous, egotistical act where the blame belongs but to our dissatisfaction with RINO's. How pathetic.