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Title: Donors ask GOP consulting firm to research independent presidential bid
Source: Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/ ... -consulting-independent-219859
Published: Feb 26, 2016
Author: Scott Bland
Post Date: 2016-02-26 19:32:06 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 2063
Comments: 10

With Donald Trump rapidly approaching wrapping up the Republican nomination, a group of GOP donors are looking into financing an independent candidate.

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.

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 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.

The document, stamped “confidential,” was authored by staff at Data Targeting, a Republican firm based in Gainesville, Fla. The memo notes that “it is possible to mount an independent candidacy but [it] will require immediate action on the part of this core of key funding and strategic players.”

Data Targeting did not respond to a request for comment on the memo.

The research points to Texas and North Carolina as early tests for running an independent, conservative candidate against Trump and the Democratic nominee. The candidate would need to gather over 79,900 valid petition signatures in Texas by May 9 and over 89,000 in North Carolina by June 9.

Only two other states have thresholds that high, and gathering petitions can be an expensive and time-consuming process. What’s more, the Texas signatures would have to come entirely from voters who did not vote in this year’s Democratic and Republican primaries.

But “with 38 electoral votes in play in Texas and North Carolina’s true swing state status, failing to qualify in either or both states would render any independent candidate non-viable,” the report's authors wrote. “This is logistically possible but will require immediate action.”

By July 15, the independent candidate would need more than 460,000 voter signatures to make the ballot in 11 states. Assuming an April 1 start date, the campaign would have to gather 4,345 valid signatures per day to maintain a steady pace. (1 image)

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#1. To: cranky (#0)

This is very good news. It means the GOP political machine is fractured. I still won't vote for any of these communists, though.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-02-26   20:19:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: buckeroo (#1)

I still won't vote for any of these communists, though.

That's generally the best policy.

There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't

cranky  posted on  2016-02-26   20:21:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: cranky (#0)

The perfect Independent Candidate....

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The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2016-02-26   20:24:42 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: cranky (#2)

That's generally the best policy.

Yeah, but the masses buy the shit that the politicians offer anyway.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-02-26   20:49:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: buckeroo (#4)

Yeah, but the masses buy the shit that the politicians offer anyway.

And the results speak for themselves.

There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't

cranky  posted on  2016-02-26   21:07:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: hondo68 (#3)

The perfect Independent Candidate....

The perfect Independent Candidate(s) for the RNC would cause no candidate to get an Electoral College majority and throw the election to the HoR.

There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't

cranky  posted on  2016-02-26   21:11:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: cranky (#5) (Edited)

And the results speak for themselves.

If these GOP cronies plan an independent run ... you are seeing the rise of Rubio against both Hillary and Donald. That would be an astonishing political rise of any political candidate for POTUS in the history of the US. Remember, these same cronies backed Bush with over $100M and lost before they got out of the starting gate. And they are embarrased. With a reset of opinion, under Karl Rove (of course), they need to select candidate material quickly. Only Rubio could pull it off with any meaningful results.

We are living in very interesting tymes.

buckeroo  posted on  2016-02-26   21:47:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: buckeroo (#7)

Rubio has no chance. It's going to be Trump versus Clinton, and Trump will win it.

He'll be a pretty good President.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-02-26   23:14:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Vicomte13 (#8)

He'll be a pretty good President.

America has NEVER experienced a "pretty good President." You mean to say, another authoritarian, fascist aims to be crowned based on a pile of voters that don't know anything about what they do, correct?

buckeroo  posted on  2016-02-26   23:25:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: buckeroo (#7)

Only Rubio could pull it off with any meaningful results.

Then it cannot be pulled off with meaningful results.

Rubio appears to be nothing more than a photogenic face atop an empty suit to me.

There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't

cranky  posted on  2016-02-27   12:45:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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