Donald Trump, who has been thinking of seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, says he is also considering the idea of running as an independent presidential candidate instead. See this CNN report. Here is a link to a 15-minute interview with Trump, interviewed the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Donald Trump and Jesse Ventura… what a ticket! They will spend the entire campaign looking for Obama’s birth certificate and trying to figure out why WTC Building 7 fell down all by itself.
Please, please, please let Trump win the Republican primary. It would be the funniest and simultaneously the most pathetic reality show ever.
The Wall Street Journal quotes him as saying he would “probably” run as an independent if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination. Unless I’m missing something, that statement shows substantial ignorance of ballot access laws. If a candidate starts the day after a major party convention, in how many states, with how many electoral votes, can s/he get on the ballot as an independent?
He’ll “negotiate” a better deal with the states!
Can even the Trump $$$ zillions keep up with the zillion ballot access laws and court cases ???
If he did run for Prez, then would the Donkeys/Elephants really conspire and de facto wipe out ALL minor parties and independents — in the name of saving Democracy of course ???
Not to mention in some states if you attempt to get the nomination of a party by primary and lose that nomination, you then ineligible to have your name printed on the ballot as an independent period. So he automatically would prevent his name from being printed in several states (unless he happened to win the Primary in THAT one state per chance).
Generally speaking, sore loser laws don’t apply to candidates for president. John B. Anderson ran in two-thirds of the Republican presidential primaries in 1980, then declared as an independent and got on the November ballot in all 50 states.
The true candidates in November are candidates for presidential elector. The names of presidential candidates are on the November ballot, not in their role as candidates, but their names are only labels for a slate of candidates for presidential elector.
Lyndon LaRouche also ran in most Democratic presidential primaries, in the years 1984 through 1992, and he also ran as an independent candidate in those years as well. Sore loser laws didn’t stop him either.
“natural born citizen eligibility act”:
similar to the civil rights act
US constitutional enemy #1 — Hawaii — must be taught a permanent or at least long lasting lesson by being forced to have future (non-obama) DOJ grant pre-clearance as a covered state / municipality in all future presidential ballots.
At least one of Trump’s earlier dalliances with Presidential candidacy was running on the Reform party ticket. I doubt his independent candidacy will come to any more than that indulgent speculation on his part did.
I’m waiting to see if No Labels and the Americans Elect part (Unity08 reincarnated) end up pushing Bloomberg for Prez.
Hmmm. What was the minority rule gerrymander math for Prez in 1860 and 1992 — due to multiple candidates ???
i.e. will the Trump ego cause Civil WAR II to happen ???
Constitution Party Donald?
I’m thinking an independent run for Trump is the way he’ll go.
Donald Trump should pick Lou Dobbs for his Vice President.
Gawd… what a disaster that would be to the “independent” brand…
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