Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid

[babylonsister]

Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid

A group of Republicans is moving quickly to research ballot-access requirements for independent candidates in case Trump wraps up the GOP nomination next month.

By Scott Bland

02/26/16 12:44 PM EST


Conservative 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.

“It’s critical some serious attention is given to this,” the source said.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/doors-gop-consulting-independent-219859

[Rex]

1. Yeah that will look great! Do they forget all those raised hands saying they would never

run third party!? That one guy that raised his hand!? Now they plan on doing the same thing they swore they would never do?

The GOP is the party of desperate and stupid. As I always say, they loooove to self-destruct!

[FSogol]

5. Well said: "The GOP is the party of desperate and stupid."

[monmouth4]

2. Enter Bloomberg..n/t

[world wide wally]

3. So ultimately, Trump runs The Republcan party, and the Republican party forms a third party.

Is that what this is saying?

[babylonsister]

7. That's what I got out of it. nt

[gordianot]

4. I wonder if the Whigs or Know Nothings could spring for a comeback?

[Bucky]

6. A split Electoral College goes to the US House for a presidential election

Pretty sure a US House election for President, in which each state gets one vote, would yield us a Republican President. If the Dems can somehow pick up the Senate in all that mess, then say hello to...


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