“Donald Trump Isn’t Ruling Out Independent Run” – But I Think He’s Just Blowing Smoke

ABC News:

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump would not rule out making a run for president as an independent despite signing a pledge over the summer saying he would support the eventual GOP nominee instead of running a third-party bid.

“I’m going to have to see what happens. I will see what happens. I have to be treated fairly,” Trump said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” when asked about a new guerrilla effort by operatives within the Republican Party to derail Trump’s candidacy. “When I did this, I said I have to be treated fairly. If I’m treated fairly, I’m fine. All I want to do is [have] a level playing field.”

Between sore loser laws and onerous ballot access requirements, running as an independent candidate would be quite a tall order (even if I thought Trump was willing to use his considerable resources, which I don’t).

More likely (though still unlikely) is a brokered convention in which Trump is the Kingmaker.

Most likely is the Rubio campaign fighting over whether Trump gets to make a primetime address at the convention.

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