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Trump Says How GOP Treats Him Will Determine His Third-Party Run

August 3, 2015 Buck Banks

If I’m treated fairly … and don’t win, but if I’m treated fairly by the Republican Party, I would have no interest in doing that. If I’m not treated fairly by the Republican Party, I very well might consider that.

— Donald Trump, on This Week, on whether he would run for president as an independent.

Graham Says He Never Thought He’d Run for President

August 3, 2015 Buck Banks

I never thought I’d run for president. It’s audacious until you look at the other people.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Bloomberg political writer Melinda Henneberger, on Twitter.

Trump Has Huge Lead Nationally in GOP Race

August 3, 2015 Buck Banks

31%

Donald Trump’s crushing lead over the GOP presidential field, followed by Jeb Bush at 13%, Scott Walker at 13%, Ben Carson at 6%, Mike Huckabee at 6%, Ted Cruz at 6%, Marco Rubio at 5% and John Kasich at 5%, according to a new Gravis Marketing national poll.

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Trump Providing American Jobs to Foreign Workers

August 3, 2015 Buck Banks

1,100

Number of temporary visas for foreign workers Donald Trump’s companies have sought since 2000, despite the fact that Trump is staking his run for president in part on a vow to protect American jobs, Reuters reports.

GOP Gets Dogged If Trump Makes It a Three-Way

August 3, 2015 Buck Banks

49% to 43%

H2>Percentage by which Hillary Clinton edges Jeb Bush in a potential general election match up,according to a new Marist Poll. But in a three-way race with Donald Trump as an independent, Clinton crushes Bush, 44% to 29%, with Trump getting 20% support.

Month: August 2015

Trump Says How GOP Treats Him Will Determine His Third-Party Run

If I’m treated fairly … and don’t win, but if I’m treated fairly by the Republican Party, I would have no interest in doing that. If I’m not treated fairly by the Republican Party, I very well might consider that.

— Donald Trump, on This Week, on whether he would run for president as an independent.

Graham Says He Never Thought He’d Run for President

I never thought I’d run for president. It’s audacious until you look at the other people.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Bloomberg political writer Melinda Henneberger, on Twitter.

Trump Has Huge Lead Nationally in GOP Race

31%

Donald Trump’s crushing lead over the GOP presidential field, followed by Jeb Bush at 13%, Scott Walker at 13%, Ben Carson at 6%, Mike Huckabee at 6%, Ted Cruz at 6%, Marco Rubio at 5% and John Kasich at 5%, according to a new Gravis Marketing national poll.

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Trump Providing American Jobs to Foreign Workers

1,100

Number of temporary visas for foreign workers Donald Trump’s companies have sought since 2000, despite the fact that Trump is staking his run for president in part on a vow to protect American jobs, Reuters reports.

GOP Gets Dogged If Trump Makes It a Three-Way

49% to 43%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”

If I’m treated fairly … and don’t win, but if I’m treated fairly by the Republican Party, I would have no interest in doing that. If I’m not treated fairly by the Republican Party, I very well might consider that.

— Donald Trump, on This Week, on whether he would run for president as an independent.

I never thought I’d run for president. It’s audacious until you look at the other people.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by Bloomberg political writer Melinda Henneberger, on Twitter.

31%

Donald Trump’s crushing lead over the GOP presidential field, followed by Jeb Bush at 13%, Scott Walker at 13%, Ben Carson at 6%, Mike Huckabee at 6%, Ted Cruz at 6%, Marco Rubio at 5% and John Kasich at 5%, according to a new Gravis Marketing national poll. Tweet

1,100

Number of temporary visas for foreign workers Donald Trump’s companies have sought since 2000, despite the fact that Trump is staking his run for president in part on a vow to protect American jobs, Reuters reports.

49% to 43%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

Donald Trump’s crushing lead over the GOP presidential field, followed by Jeb Bush at 13%, Scott Walker at 13%, Ben Carson at 6%, Mike Huckabee at 6%, Ted Cruz at 6%, Marco Rubio at 5% and John Kasich at 5%, according to a new Gravis Marketing national poll.

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