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Originally Posted by octothorp
I do not realistically believe this would happen, but the best thing for the Republican donor class might be to field and finance an independent candidate, someone to the right of Trump, evangelical Christian, who can attack Trump on his Republican-in-name-only credentials. Such a candidate would not win. But it could dilute the Republican vote enough to ensure that Clinton wins the presidency, while keeping down-ballot performance strong enough to ensure that the Republicans don't suffer in the house or senate. It's not ideal for them, but the donor class is served reasonably well by gridlock so making sure that it continues is probably the best of available outcomes.
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Hey, turns out this is not totally unrealistic. It may be being talked about in certain circles. The first big obstacle will be gaining signatures:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...pendent-219859
The idea of such a push by the donors may be the reason they've backed off the idea of an aggressive Trump attack ad idea that they had talked about.