So, what do you think happens if the GOP denies Trump the nomination? [View all]

It will be too late for him to get on the ballot as a third-party candidate in a lot of places...but is it possible that he'd self-finance a write-in campaign?

Hard to picture the Comboveranisso just meekly agreeing to campaign for Cruz OR Kasich, really.

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So, what do you think happens if the GOP denies Trump the nomination? [View all]	Ken Burch	Mar 2016	OP
It will get very interesting.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2016	#1
he will run third party	questionseverything	Mar 2016	#2
The Republican party chances of winning the Presidency in 2016 moves to "not happening, no way".	PoliticAverse	Mar 2016	#3
I don't think he and his supporters will go away quietly. ... don't know what will happen, but his	RKP5637	Mar 2016	#4
The establishment of sanity and reason backed by a chorus of gnashing teeth and fascist rage. n/t	Chan790	Mar 2016	#5
They will loose between 15% and 38% of Republican voters.	Agnosticsherbet	Mar 2016	#6
If this prompts a split in the other party, we could see 1/3 of Dems not voting for Hillary.	leveymg	Mar 2016	#14
Whether Republican, Democrat, Conservative, or Liberal, people who don't vote don't give a damn	Agnosticsherbet	Mar 2016	#16
A lot of us are going to make a decision closer to the election based upon circumstances at the time	leveymg	Mar 2016	#17
We have a government elected by a majority of those who vote.	Agnosticsherbet	Mar 2016	#21
Unfortunately, that isn't so. We have a state-by-state winner-take-all Electoral College system	leveymg	Mar 2016	#25
I can not through inaction contribute to the election of a Republican President.	Agnosticsherbet	Mar 2016	#26
Plurality not majority NT	1939	Mar 2016	#20
I try not to hope for that, because it would be the very best possible outcome.	phantom power	Mar 2016	#7
He'll flip his wig, stomp his feet, run third party, and lose. (nt)	Heidi	Mar 2016	#8
All out rebellion with conservative world...	beachbumbob	Mar 2016	#9
Two Prongs, Perhaps Three	SDJay	Mar 2016	#10
Trump will pout and threaten to wage a write-in campaign or self-finance an independent campaign.	Major Hogwash	Mar 2016	#11
The GOP will split, which will open the door to the exit of many from the DLC/BlueDog/ThirdWay Dems.	leveymg	Mar 2016	#12
Lawsuits against the GOP. Court orders to stop the convention.	FSogol	Mar 2016	#13
If he is denied the nomination he is dead in the water.	Nitram	Mar 2016	#15
If He Is	RobinA	Mar 2016	#18
I'm not suggesting they go against party rules.	Nitram	Mar 2016	#22
The end is nigh.	randome	Mar 2016	#19
2 words at the GOP convention: OPEN CARRY.	bdwker	Mar 2016	#23
I honestly think some Trumptons will vote for Bernie Sanders in that event	MowCowWhoHow III	Mar 2016	#24
hilarity	jpak	Mar 2016	#27