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  • HeretoBeatmyChest
    HeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    Over the weekend Roger Stone reported to conspiracy websites that the Koch brothers/establishment are looking to push a new candidate if Rubio doesn't win Florida....that being possibly Mitt Romney. Interestingly, a Nebraska senator totally funded by the Kochs came out today and said he'd vote for a 3rd party candidate and not Trump.

    This is totally fascinating and unpredictable. You could potentially have anywhere from 2 to 4 major candidates in the general election. If the GOP money refuses to get behind Trump then that means Hillary is essentially their 2nd choice, ahead of Trump. Don't see how a bigger field doesn't benefit Hillary.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,580 Founders Club
    HeretoBeatmyChest said:

    Over the weekend Roger Stone reported to conspiracy websites that the Koch brothers/establishment are looking to push a new candidate if Rubio doesn't win Florida....that being possibly Mitt Romney. Interestingly, a Nebraska senator totally funded by the Kochs came out today and said he'd vote for a 3rd party candidate and not Trump.

    This is totally fascinating and unpredictable. You could potentially have anywhere from 2 to 4 major candidates in the general election. If the GOP money refuses to get behind Trump then that means Hillary is essentially their 2nd choice, ahead of Trump. Don't see how a bigger field doesn't benefit Hillary.

    Trump was supposed to be Hillary's Ross Perot, who made it possible for Bill to beat Bush 1. Trump double crossed them when he realized he doesn't have to go third party and he can win it all as a GOP.

    That's my conspiracy
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  • CokeGreaterThanPepsi
    CokeGreaterThanPepsi Member Posts: 7,646
    Basically in the last week it sure seems like Romney is trying to get his name out there, he even called out Trump today on his KKK thing.

    It would not shock me if something like that happened.
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  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,587
    I think Bloomberg enters as an independent. His hope will be to keep a candidate from getting an electoral majority and get elected via senate. He definitely would have jumped in if it was Sanders-Trump. Might be too close to the Clintons.
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  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,587
    Another variable to think about is how hard the media will go after Trump once he is named the nominee. Many conservative pundits see Trump a huge liability for the party (listen to any of the 770 guys not named Limbaugh) and may not defend him. Liberal pundits will hammer hard on the David Duke thing, the illegal immigrant hiring thing and will undoubtedly dig up more. Vying for the Republican nomination is very different than the general election. The things about Trump that got him popular on the right were utterly reviled by the left. In the primaries, the right was all that mattered.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,580 Founders Club
    bananasnblondes said:

    Another variable to think about is how hard the media will go after Trump once he is named the nominee. Many conservative pundits see Trump a huge liability for the party (listen to any of the 770 guys not named Limbaugh) and may not defend him. Liberal pundits will hammer hard on the David Duke thing, the illegal immigrant hiring thing and will undoubtedly dig up more. Vying for the Republican nomination is very different than the general election. The things about Trump that got him popular on the right were utterly reviled by the left. In the primaries, the right was all that mattered.

    As long as Hillary is running none of this matters

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  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,515
    Trump is bad for the Republican Party.......unless he wins.

    Last I heard, the offshore betting sites (people actually putting their money where their mouth is rather than bloviating) has Hillary with a 54% chance of winning the Oval Office. Since we are a nation of laws, I hope Hildabeast gets indicted but there are so many libtards out there who don't care about the legal system as long as a lib wins. I think that's totally f'ed up and a sign of how deranged some people have become.

    As for the Koch brothers, Trump doesn't really care since he's mostly self-funded.

    As for running mates, I could see Trump picking Kasich (well-respected in the Republican Party, successful executive / governor of Ohio, also has experience in DC as he's a former Congressman too) or a Latino governor / Senator.

    I've heard rumors that the Mayor of San Antonio (bright, rising Dem star) could be Hildabeast's running mate.

    As for Hildabeast's legal troubles, things are still advancing and I am thankful for Judicial Watch's advocacy: businessinsider.com/judge-says-investigation-into-clintons-emails-can-proceed-2016-2
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,231
    Could also see Christie playing a major role in a Trump campaign as well
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  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,566
    edited March 2016
    Tequilla said:

    Could also see Christie playing a major role in a Trump campaign as well

    It would be smart for Trump to align himself with a northern popular GOP VP. I would pick Kasich over Christie in that regard. With Trumps stance on immigration, he'll kill Hillary in the south. Trump is already popular in the north, and add a guy like Kasich to the ticket, Trump would be very difficult to beat in the Northeast.

    If Trump wins the south, then takes Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania, Trump would lock up the nomination before the mountain time zone polls close.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    Christie wants to be the next Attorney general. Don't think the endorsement was about the vp spot
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