August 10, 2015
Foreswear a Third Party Bid? Nah.
At Thursday night’s GOP cattle call, Bret Baier asked for a show of hands.
Gentlemen, we know how much you love hand-raising questions. So we promise, this is the only one tonight: the only one. Is there anyone on stage, and can I see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person.
Yeah, of course, the question was aimed squarely at The Donald. Put him on the spot. Make the guy squirm. Except you can’t make a showboat squirm. Limelight has a photosynthetic quality for The Donalds of the world. Good publicity, bad -- hey, it’s publicity. It’s about ratings, baby.
This isn’t to take a swipe at The Donald. He’s shrewdly filled a void created by years of RINOism run amok. Nowadays, we have one party -- the Democratic -- with another that’s the...(Read Full Article)