Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid

[maxrandb]

Source: Politico

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.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/doors-gop-consulting-independent-219859#ixzz41IzCn1oh


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

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[maxrandb]

1. Link to the Document

http://static.politico.com/4b/2e/f597073c4ba18c25c6b1bc1396a4/independent-ballot-access.pdf

[Kip Humphrey]

2. Delicious irony that ballot access is now a problem for the obstructionist party!

[ffr]

7. I thought so too. Plus their lack of accountability during the caucus process

Republicans are scurrying around like a room full of lost cats. This is our moment to swing the election over into progressive/liberal territory in a big way.

[Wednesdays]

3. Enjoying the show!

[arcane1]

4. I can think of but one response to this news:

[AxionExcel]

5. OMG.

[jpak]

6. Please let it be Lindsay Graham

Please please please!!!!!1111

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Thank you for the laugh...needed one today..

[maxrandb]

10. I think they will bring back the Mittster

[LanternWaste]

9. The consulting firm (Data Targeting Inc) stonewalled its release of relevant documents

The consulting firm (Data Targeting Inc) stonewalled its release of relevant documents in regards to the FL Fair Districts case a few back. The League of Women's Voters was also invested in that court case. http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2014/sc14-987.pdf

Its homepage is http://www.datatargeting.com/ and is nothing more than a placeholder. Good luck on anyone attempting to find out who its management or clients are.

[tanyev]

11. The Hail Mary party.

[Jitter65]

12. romney would be their best bet. nt