March 3, 2016
Trump Already Is a Third Party Candidate
Questions have dogged the Donald Trump campaign from the start. Who is this guy? What does he believe? What are his party loyalties? And finally, will Trump run as a third party candidate if Republicans try to torpedo his quest for the White House?
Third Party?
Let’s start with the easiest question first. Donald Trump has already staged a coup. He is the third party candidate, albeit campaigning under a Republican guidon. Given his success up to this point, Trump seems to have outmaneuvered his critics on all sides. Indeed, he has hijacked a major political party and is now reshaping it to his purposes. Trump believes that he has the answer to national malaise and he is willing to pay his own way to the levers of power.
Self-funding alone makes Trump revolutionary. He’s “all in” to resuscitate his vision of the American dream.
Say what you will about Trump, but the phenomenon is vintage Americana. He has reinvented himself, reinvented political...(Read Full Article)