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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/doors-gop-consulting-independent-219859?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003Conservative donors have engaged a major GOP consulting firm in Florida to research the feasibility of mounting a late, independent run for president amid growing fears that Donald Trump could win the Republican nomination.
A memo prepared for the group zeroes in on ballot access as a looming obstacle for any independent candidate, along with actually identifying a viable, widely known contender and coalescing financial support for that person. The two states with the earliest deadlines for independent candidates, Texas and North Carolina, also have some of the highest hurdles for independents to get on the ballot, according to the research.
All this research has to happen before March 16, when inevitably Trump is the nominee, so that we have a plan in place," a source familiar with the discussions said. March 16 is the day after the GOP primary in Florida, a winner-take-all contest that Marco Rubio supporters have identified as a must-win to stop Trump's early momentum.
Its critical some serious attention is given to this, the source said.
The document, stamped confidential, was authored by staff at Data Targeting, a Republican firm based in Gainesville, Fla. The memo notes that it is possible to mount an independent candidacy but [it] will require immediate action on the part of this core of key funding and strategic players.
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Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid (Original Post)
eridani
Feb 2016
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If tRump gets the nomination, I'm betting that some other R will run an Independent campaign ...
eppur_se_muova
Feb 2016
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7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)1. Grasping at straws a little too late...... nt
islandmkl
(5,275 posts)2. sometimes karma has that 'napalm in the morning' smell....
the R's are having a real petard-hoisting party these days...
eppur_se_muova
(36,274 posts)3. If tRump gets the nomination, I'm betting that some other R will run an Independent campaign ...
I just can't see someone like Cruz or Rubio giving it up to The Donhole.