Seven Reasons the GOP Should Fear Donald Trump

[brooklynite]

Politico:

#1. Money Talks
Unlike the other candidates, the wealthy real estate mogul doesn’t have to worry about soliciting donors, or crafting positions to appeal to special-interest money, or meeting absurd fund-raising expectations that they foolishly set for themselves. That saves him a lot of time to devote to his favorite pastime–self-promotion. If he wants to fight all the way to the convention, he could probably find more than enough money simply by searching the couch cushions at Mar-a-Lago for loose change.

2. Expectations
He’s a nuisance, a hothead, totally unqualified, a spoiler. But enough about Pat Buchanan, whose surprisingly strong, populist, “mad as hell” primary campaign against George H. W. Bush in 1992 left the Bush faction reeling all the way to their defeat in the general election. That nobody thinks Donald Trump has any hope of winning a primary, much less a single debate, makes it all the easier for him to surprise reporters simply by doing better than expected. If Donald Trump can manage a clever quip or two in the first debate, poke fun at himself, and not set his lectern, or the moderator daring to question him, on fire, he’ll impress the hell out of nearly everyone. Besides...

#3. The Front-runners Are Safe and Boring
You don’t spent 14 seasons out-grandstanding a pack of desperate ego maniac celebrities and not know a thing or two about commanding attention. With all due respect to Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, they can’t hold a candle, much less a soundbite, against the likes of Joan Rivers and Gary Busey. Trump knows how to take complicated issues and fit them into bumper-sticker phrases that can appeal to regular Joes (and Janes), even if they sound crazy to everyone else.

#4. The Ross Perot Precedent
A wacky billionaire with a hair-trigger temper and penchant for bizarre digressions decides to run for president. Where have we heard that one before? Oh, yes, when the allegedly nutty Ross Perot grabbed the highest number of votes of any third-party candidate in history, depriving Republican George H.W. Bush any chance of holding onto the White House against a candidate named Clinton.


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[rocktivity]

1. Consider the source -- the TMZ of politics

rocktivity

[Kalidurga]

2. Oh snap

Yeah, I don't think he is going to get the nomination. It would be awesome if he got mad and formed a new party.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. If he ran 3rd party he would only need to poll 2% or greater to totally f the Republicants.

eom

[leftofcool]

4. Trump running 3rd party would be the most wonderful thing.

I think he would pull in a fairly large percent.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Who knows? He only needs to pull in a couple of points to make a difference./NT

[Gothmog]

6. Trump will be fun to watch and may really mess up the GOP debates