Over the coming months we’re going to see a lot of articles about some secret plan Republicans have to totally undermine or destroy Democrats. These will all of course be pitched by Republicans eager to spread the word about their devious secret plans, pump up their partisans and demoralize Democrats. The one I’m flagging here has some of that. But it’s worth reading it is where this campaign will almost inevitably come down to – third party candidates and whether Republicans will be able to elevate them enough to allow Donald Trump to win. Here’s that article in the Times.
One thing we should expect is for all of the ‘major’ third party candidates to mainly be funded by ultra-high-net-worth Republicans – Kennedy, Stein, West. That’s already happening to a significant degree.
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