The most interesting thing about the leaked memo from Data Targeting about whether panicked Republicans could mount an independent bid against GOP nominee Donald Trump is the blacked-out list of possible alternative candidates.
Data Targeting makes no recommendation from what appears to be a seven-or-so-name list. The consulting firm primarily warns about the steep logistical hill any independent candidate would need to climb to gain ballot access in key states, but concludes that — only with speed, mind you — success is possible.
Hm. We cats are superior in many ways, but we still wouldn't relish having to haul our butts down to Texas to gather 80,000 valid registered-voter signatures and signed consent forms from 38 Electoral College candidates by — goodness gracious — May 9. Maybe if the GOP establishment had grappled with the reality of Trump back in the late summer or early fall, they could have gotten a jump-start on stuff like this, but — oh, well.
But back to the list. Here are the establishment names that we think are on it. Yes, we know there are more than seven here, and yes, they're probably all, as The Donald would say, losers. Nearly all are flawed in some way, and none is currently in the race. But desperate Republican times call for desperate Republican measures, no? We cats PURR.
- Jeb! Bush
- Mitch Daniels
- Lindsey Graham
- Nikki Haley
- John McCain (really!)
- Rick Perry
- Rob Portman
- Colin Powell
- Condoleezza Rice
- Willard Mitt Romney
- Rick Scott
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