Potential Third Party Or Independent Attempt To Deny Clinton or Trump 270 Electoral Votes!

If it was left up to Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard and other conservatives, they would love to form a third party or independent conservative movement to deny Democrat Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump the ability to win 270 electoral votes, the minimum needed to win the White House.

Such a strategy, a real long shot, would have Mitt Romney or Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse or Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton or Florida Senator Marco Rubio or someone else gain financial backing to work to win a few key “swing” states in a three way race, and throw the election to the House of Representatives.

This has not happened since 1824, when John Quincy Adams, the second place finisher, was declared the winner of the Presidency over Andrew Jackson, what became known as a “corrupt bargain”, and fueled the victory of Jackson over Adams in the Presidential Election of 1828.

The most disturbing part is that the Republicans, who control the majority of House delegations in the present Congress, could put that third party or independent nominee in the Oval Office, even if he ended up with the third most electoral and or popular votes, an unprecedented situation, which would be seen as a true “stealing” of the Presidency!

11 comments on “Potential Third Party Or Independent Attempt To Deny Clinton or Trump 270 Electoral Votes!

  1. Mercy May 10, 2016 8:46 pm

    I understand that it would be an unprecedented situation but if the constitution if followed and it ends up being the House that has the constitutional authority to choose the President, how can that be stealing? And I say that as someone who most likely will sit out the election.

  2. Ronald May 10, 2016 9:40 pm

    I understand what you are saying, Mercy, but a third place finisher with fewer popular and electoral votes than both opponents then becoming President would create an unprecedented outrage among the American people!

  3. Pragmatic Progressive May 11, 2016 9:01 am

    As this blog says, Trump’s appeal has been about neither principles nor policies. It has been, rather, about an attitude. It is this attitude that the GOP – along with its right-wing media allies, like Rush Limbaugh and Fox News – has been cultivating for years in its followers. http://bluevirginia.us/2016/05/look-away-trump-bigger-thing-shows

  4. Pragmatic Progressive May 11, 2016 9:09 am

    Exactly. The GOP Establishment is upset that Trump has brought the bullying attitude they’ve covertly encouraged to the forefront.

  5. Paul Doyle May 12, 2016 7:00 am

    I can’t wait until the first Trump-Clinton debate as Clinton tears up the policy statements of The Donald to shreds. His simplistic approach to issues without thinking through the shock wave effect if implemented will leaveThe Donald no choice but to issue a barrage of insults. He’s very good at attaching nicknames to his opponents.
    I have one for him: Dumbass Donald.

  6. Paul Doyle May 12, 2016 7:02 am

    Former Republican:
    I can agree with lice and Trump. They are both head scratchers!

  7. Ronald May 12, 2016 7:38 am

    Paul is going on Saturday Night Live! LOL hahahaha

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