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By signing this, he forces the Republican Party to endorse him if he wins. I believe this backfired on whomever tried to advocate this because now all the other candidates must sign the very same pledge
 
magnifier661 said:
By signing this, he forces the Republican Party to endorse him if he wins. I believe this backfired on whomever tried to advocate this because now all the other candidates must sign the very same pledge
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I imagine all the other candidates already have signed the pledge.
USAToday said:
Republicans in South Carolina and other states have said that candidates must agree to back the Republican nominee before obtaining spots on their primary ballots.
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The only reason this is a big deal is because of the rampant speculation that he would continue to run as an independent should he lose the GOP nomination. This would seem to end that.
 
I'm convinced he's a staunch Democrat that is playing double agent to fuck up the GOP..if Romney enters the race, Trump will be crushed
 
Romney is old news these days. I still think it will end up being the most boring outcome ever though: Bush vs. Clinton.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I imagine all the other candidates already have signed the pledge.
The only reason this is a big deal is because of the rampant speculation that he would continue to run as an independent should he lose the GOP nomination. This would seem to end that.
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True, but there was a lot of speculation that electorates would not support trump. Doing this forces them to support him if he wins
 
santeesioux said:
Romney is old news these days. I still think it will end up being the most boring outcome ever though: Bush vs. Clinton.
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I think Romney is the strongest candidate the Republicans can nominate
 
riverman said:
I'm convinced he's a staunch Democrat that is playing double agent to fuck up the GOP..if Romney enters the race, Trump will be crushed
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I highly doubt that, but I believe democrats would love Romney representing the GOP. Democrats fear the TRUMP!
 
magnifier661 said:
True, but there was a lot of speculation that electorates would not support trump. Doing this forces them to support him if he wins
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I haven't seen/heard that at all. Link?
 
magnifier661 said:
It was on patriot radio. I will try and find it for you
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I appreciate that--thank you. And just to clarify, I hope you understand that I wasn't asking for a link because I didn't believe you; but simply because I hadn't seen/heard that POV anywhere, so I wanted to analyze it for myself.
 
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...p-wont-win-republican-presidential-nomination

maybe it was the endorsements and I misunderstood. I will still try and find the other.

Trump does not have the support he needs from the Republican party to win the Republican nomination.

Karol’s 2008 book, The Party Decides, which he co-authored with the political scientists Marty Cohen, Hans Noel and John Zaller, analyzes presidential nomination races from 1980 to 2004 and concludes that “early endorsements in the invisible primary are the most important cause of candidate success in the state primaries and caucuses”.

More important than total fundraising, more important than what the prediction markets say – and more important than polls.

Endorsements matter not only because they point to who insiders think will win, but also because the people who make endorsements – other elected officials – can influence the outcome of the race by strengthening a candidate’s local ground game, promoting the candidate to fellow party leaders and pitching the candidate to voters.
 
magnifier661 said:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...p-wont-win-republican-presidential-nomination

maybe it was the endorsements and I misunderstood. I will still try and find the other.

Trump does not have the support he needs from the Republican party to win the Republican nomination.

Karol’s 2008 book, The Party Decides, which he co-authored with the political scientists Marty Cohen, Hans Noel and John Zaller, analyzes presidential nomination races from 1980 to 2004 and concludes that “early endorsements in the invisible primary are the most important cause of candidate success in the state primaries and caucuses”.

More important than total fundraising, more important than what the prediction markets say – and more important than polls.

Endorsements matter not only because they point to who insiders think will win, but also because the people who make endorsements – other elected officials – can influence the outcome of the race by strengthening a candidate’s local ground game, promoting the candidate to fellow party leaders and pitching the candidate to voters.
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OK--so reading that, it sounds like it's more talking about local level elected officials promoting the GOP candidate they wanted to win their local primaries. I don't see anything in there that would relate to a major lack of support for Trump were he to win the GOP nomination.
 
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PtldPlatypus said:
I imagine all the other candidates already have signed the pledge.
The only reason this is a big deal is because of the rampant speculation that he would continue to run as an independent should he lose the GOP nomination. This would seem to end that.
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From what I understand, this is something new that was brought about because of Trumps hesitancy to commit. The GOP just created the document and have distributed only within the past day or so.

Good for The Donald. Once again keeping the status quot off guard.
 
Meh...Talk of Romney does nothing for me. I feel he would have done a fine job four years ago, but is refusal to take obama to task projected a lack of will. I dont want to see a repeat of that ever again.
 
magnifier661 said:
The greatest thing was how he polled even higher after it! It must be weird for traditional candidates.
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Funny how I've never in my 61 years been polled for my opinion..not once. This alone debukes polls and their value. (unless Denny is selling my posts to pollsters without my knowledge)
 
riverman said:
Funny how I've never in my 61 years been polled for my opinion..not once. This alone debukes polls and their value. (unless Denny is selling my posts to pollsters without my knowledge)
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Trump 2016. Deal with it
 
DaLincolnJones said:
I would like to see obama have to answer the same questions cold.
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Whether you like him or not, Obama knows the playing field and all the players...Trump is an idiot when it comes to world leaders and organizations we are currently at war with throughout the planet and was exposed in this interview.
 
riverman said:
Whether you like him or not, Obama knows the playing field and all the players...Trump is an idiot when it comes to world leaders and organizations we are currently at war with throughout the planet and was exposed in this interview.
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His TelePrompTer is good memory! :)
 
riverman said:
Whether you like him or not, Obama knows the playing field and all the players...Trump is an idiot when it comes to world leaders and organizations we are currently at war with throughout the planet and was exposed in this interview.
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I really don't know if this was the right move for Donald. On one hand, it disarms this opponents before the next debate, so they can't claim he is not a true Republican, and that he is holding the party hostage. On the other hand, it was the threat of running third party that forced so many Republican organizations and media outlets to start being nice to Donald and not treat him like a joke. I thought he would eventually pledge to run as a Republican only, but not this early, he gave a up a ton of leverage by signing. He even stated during the last debate that he wouldn't pledge because the threat of third party candidacy gave him leverage.

I think Donald came on gangbusters because he was running as a rebel, someone who spoke his mind and was always throwing curveballs into a flat and routine political party. But recently, as his numbers have gone up and I think he himself is surprised by how likely his chances are becoming, he has been sounding much more like an average politician. Every stump speech sounds identical and he is repeating all his one liners too often. If he gets boring, he will lose his appeal. I do think he is smart, and knows this. He is trying to walk a fine line of still appearing bombastic but not saying anything that will jeopardize his ability to attract more moderate voters.
 
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