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Related: About this forumSo what would the republicans do if Trump dropped out? It is too late to change
the ballots, would pence become the defacto republican nominee?
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So what would the republicans do if Trump dropped out? It is too late to change (Original Post)
still_one
Oct 2016
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CNN was saying that Pence's Secret Service team has pushed aside the press ...
nixonwasbetterthanW
Oct 2016
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nixonwasbetterthanW
(1,317 posts)1. CNN was saying that Pence's Secret Service team has pushed aside the press ...
... an indication that we are at DefCon 1 in GOPland. They're treating this as the crisis it is ... I would not be the least surprised to see Trump call it a day.
still_one
(92,397 posts)2. In some respects Pence is even more dangerous because he is falsely viewed as reasonable, and
he is anything BUT reasonable
vollehosen
(130 posts)3. The ballots are already printed
The GOP will need to organize some kind of write-in campaign to send up another guy. AFAIK Pence is tied to the VP ticket.
still_one
(92,397 posts)4. yeah. They might just do it. He may back out of the debate, and if he doesn't, there is no
doubt that if this is brought up he will bring up Bill Clinton.
The obvious return on that is that Bill Clinton is NOT running for President
So either way that is a lose lose strategy.
The best they have got is a write-in, but some states don't count write-in I believe