A Superb Idea
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Pressed on whether he would run as a third-party candidate if he fails to clinch the GOP nomination, Trump said that “so many people want me to, if I don’t win.”
“I’ll have to see how I’m being treated by the Republicans,” Trump said. “Absolutely, if they’re not fair, that would be a factor.”
My guess is that Trump won’t go third party. The glimmer of hope is that he probably has less stake in keeping Clinton out of the White House than the typical potential Republican supporter, but — I don’t think he’ll do it, alas.
In addition to the obvious, I’d like to see him run just to see if any advocates of third party politics on the left write op-eds arguing that this is Excellent News For the Republican Party because of how many steroids Trump would Bully Pulpit into the Overton Window.