How Trump Outsmarted the GOP

[Agschmid]

The real estate magnate didn’t just pledge his loyalty to the Republican Party. The GOP pledged itself to Trump.

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Donald Trump made Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, come to him.

The occasion was Trump’s signing of a so-called loyalty pledge drafted by the RNC and distributed to each of the candidates, but obviously created specifically to corral Trump. The text is brief but comprehensive. “I, [name], affirm that if I do not win the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States I will endorse the 2016 Republican presidential nominee regardless of who it is,” it reads. “I further pledge that I will not seek to run as an independent or write-in candidate nor will I seek or accept the nomination for president of any other party.”

Each of the candidates will likely sign this piece of paper and submit it to the boss. There are severe consequences for any candidate who breaches this agreement: Priebus will … give that candidate a look of disappointment, expressing displeasure. Perhaps Priebus will even issue a statement expressing his displeasure.

In other words, there are no hard consequences for breaking this pledge. A candidate runs the risk of being labeled A Guy Who Breaks Pledges. But come now; if Trump were to run as an independent, he would simply come out and say that it was Priebus, the crooked establishment Republican Beltway insider fat cat, who reneged on the terms of the pledge by calling him a name, real or imagined. “I have no intention of changing my mind,” Trump said at his Thursday afternoon press conference in Trump Tower, following Priebus’ departure. And sure, that’s a statement of fact: Who has ever intended to change his mind?

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[Contrary1]

1. If I wasn't convinced before, I sure am now that he's signed this worthless piece of paper...

Just look at the sincerity written all over the Trump's face! Or, could it be that he is just biting his lip, to keep from laughing at all the idiots?

[Agschmid]

2. Yah I'm not sure I am a believer.

[CajunBlazer]

3. I hope he doesn't keep his pledge

Maybe can declare a mental bankruptcy.

[closeupready]

4. If a contract is a pledge, the four or five bankruptcies filed either in his name or

in the name of his companies tell us how seriously he takes promises to do something.

[pampango]

5. I suspect Trump's bigger problem will be the 'sore loser' laws in many states that make it difficult

for candidates who compete in the state for a major party nomination and lose nationally, to get on the state ballot as a third party candidate.

[global1]

6. So Are You Saying That Trump Sees It This Way.....

When he wins the Repug nomination - all the other candidates will have to support him and they can't run as independent or write-in candidate nor will they seek or accept the nomination for president of any other party?

So Trump signed this because he feels and knows that he's going to take the Repug nomination? Wow!!!!!

[rock]

7. So I was right

He blindfolded himself so they couldn't see what he was doing.