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Saturday, May 14, 2016

"A group of dissident Republicans refusing to support Donald Trump have courted a diverse slate of potential candidates to mount a potential third party bid ..."

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COMMENTS:
*  If I needed somebody to help me build a high rise luxury resort hotel complex, I'd hire Trump to do that because he is very experienced at this kind of work. But, if I need somebody to help me run the United States of America from the Executive Office, I'd hire either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, because they are very experienced at this kind of work and would do a better job than no-experience Trump would.
*  ... why don't you go back to the 1980's and see what your dear Ronnie RayGun initiated with his funding cuts to education! Whether you know it or not, (read a book once in a while) the Republican party has long supported a "dumbing down" of the American public largely because IGNORANCE IS EASIER TO CONTROL! 
*  The rich white guys have lost control of their party. It's their own fault for recruiting white supremacist and rabid evangelical nutters.
*  Go ahead Repub establishment. And say congratulations to President H. Clinton
*  Split the Republican votes by having an independent Republican run like in 1992 when it was Bush/Clinton/Perot, it will guarantee Hillary will win. Perot ran as an independent Republican against Bush and see what happened Bill Clinton won.
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GOP 'stop Trump' wish list includes senators, generals and...Mark Cuban?: Report
By Javier E. David, May 14, 2016

A group of dissident Republicans refusing to support Donald Trump have courted a diverse slate of potential candidates to mount a potential third party bid against the putative nominee, The Washington Post reported on Saturday—a group that includes another outspoken billionaire.

Conservative opinion writers William Kristol and Erick Erickson have been part of the effort, the publication reported, as has former GOP nominee Mitt Romney. In recent months, Romney has emerged as a prominent voice in the movement to derail Trump's White House ambitions.

The Post added that the list of candidates the group has fielded include names like Ohio governor John Kasich, who recently ended his own bid for the Republican nomination; Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who has also become a strident critic of Trump; and billionaire Mark Cuban. According to the report, Cuban was approached because of his possible ability to connect with voters—and his own blustery persona that can match Trump's.

A representative for the Trump campaign did not immediately reply to CNBC's requests for comment.

However, the report added that most of the response to the 3rd party effort has been tepid at best. Cuban was quoted by The Post as saying that he didn't "see it happening," and given the closeness of the election, there "isn't enough time."

Despite establishment calls to coalesce around Trump, Sasse is part of a prominent clutch of Republicans who are refusing to support him, despite the possibility that such opposition could result in former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ascending to the Oval Office.

In a lengthy Facebook post recently, Sasse rejected both the candidacies of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Trump, saying that he would seek a third option in November.

There is little love lost between the real estate mogul and Kristol, the publisher of the influential conservative magazine The Weekly Standard. Before Trump romped through the GOP primaries, Kristol warned that the GOP would "have to start a new party" if he were the nominee.
Bill Kristol ✔  @BillKristol
Crowd-sourcing: Name of the new party we'll have to start if Trump wins the GOP nomination? Suggestions welcome at editor@weeklystandard.com
6:24 AM - 20 Dec 2015
When Trump announced his bid last year, Cuban spoke favorably about the billionaire real estate mogul's candidacy. Yet just this week, Cuban—the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and himself an outspoken billionaire—reportedly described Trump in vulgar terms, saying he was "like that guy who'll walk into the bar and say anything" to get a woman's attention.

The Post reported that other names on the 3rd party wish list include former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, retired Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, and former Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn.

The full report can be found on The Washington Post's website.
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