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Will the GOP Mount a Third-Party Challenge to Trump?
Politico ^
| Jeff Greenfield
Posted on 12/20/2015 5:34:38 PM PST by TigerClaws
Donald Trump may have eased some Republican fears Tuesday night when he declared his intention to stay inside the party. But if their angst has been temporarily eased at the prospect of what he would do if he loses, they still face a far more troubling, and increasingly plausible, question.
What happens to the party if he wins?
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/12/donald-trump-2016-third-party-bid-213449#ixzz3uunF2pRX
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
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The Uniparty must be preserved at all costs. They'd be happy to stay the (dis)loyal opposition in a Clinton administration.
To: TigerClaws
Sounds like Trump is getting ready to do a Yuge landslide and people are not only very worried, but very very scared!!!
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:36:37 PM PST
by
HarleyLady27
("THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
To: TigerClaws
Why not? The cheering we heard when Trump threatened to go 3rd party was welcomed here so why not have another candidate run. Fair is fair. And if Trump was so comfortable winning going 3rd party, he should win on the GOP ticket while Cruz runs third party. I actually hope it happens. I am sick of only two choices. I’d love a Trump - Cruz - Clinton - Sanders choices. Wouldn’t that be awesome?
To: TigerClaws
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:42:07 PM PST
by
amnestynone
(Political Correction is a tactic based social intimidation to suppress opposing views.)
To: TigerClaws
Remember the source, the rabid liberals always have an ulterior motive or they are very scared, take your pick.
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:42:11 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: TigerClaws
They might do that if they are complete idiots.
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:43:34 PM PST
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: TigerClaws
How does the party run a third party candidate — once it’s members have nominated Trump?
It wouldn’t be the GOP doing it — it would have to be some splinter group of politicians and donors.
I wonder what they would call themselves?
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:45:17 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: TigerClaws
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This has to be ignorant post of the year.
All the GOPe has to do to ‘beat’ Trump is keep their nose clean.
Trump is already beaten by the numbers, no matter how hard the MSM tries to elevate him.
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:46:11 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:46:39 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:46:39 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: editor-surveyor
Numbers change as elections approach.
Or didn’t you know that?
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:48:33 PM PST
by
chris37
(heartless)
To: Nuc 1.1
They might do that if they are complete idiots. Stop scaring me.
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:49:27 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: TigerClaws
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:55:10 PM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: napscoordinator
“I am sick of only two choices. I’d love a Trump - Cruz - Clinton - Sanders choices. Wouldn’t that be awesome?”
Highly unlikely Cruz would go 3rd party against Trump. In fact, I would totally rule out that scenario. Cruz does have a good chance of being Trump’s running mate though.
Don’t know about the Dem side, but the more likely GOP 3rd party scenario against Trump is some 3rd rate loser like Grahamnesty.
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:57:52 PM PST
by
lquist1
To: TigerClaws
To: Nuc 1.1
They’d be forked toast, forever more.
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posted on
12/20/2015 5:59:16 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
To: lquist1
I don’t want a choice of Linda......why bother? lol.
I know what you are saying though.
To: TigerClaws
So the George Will’s of the world endorse someone other than Mr Trump after the convention, yawn. Aren’t those guys the ones we wanted to push down a flight of stairs anyway?
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posted on
12/20/2015 6:01:56 PM PST
by
lovesdogs
(Think Mr Trump can't make Mexico pay for the wall? He made the media give him a free campaign.)
To: TigerClaws
The GOPe would rather lose to a RAT than have Trump win.
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posted on
12/20/2015 6:03:47 PM PST
by
Salvey
To: TigerClaws
The Politico is somewhere between HuffPo and The Onion.
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