Karl Rove's Patsy? Trump Card

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http://counterpunch.com/lawrence04112011.html


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So what makes Trump's latest bid anything more than another grandiose publicity stunt?

For one, the state of the GOP competitition, which, with the expected entry of Tea Party diva Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), and that vitriolic gay-basher Sen. Rick Santroum (R-PA), is growing more bizarre by the day. The most electable candidites -- those favored by the party establishment, especially GOP mastermind Karl Rove - including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, are reluctant to serve as sacrificial lambs in the GOP's increasingly long-shot bid to unseat a powerful incumbent like Obama. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who still leads most GOP polls, including in Iowa, confessed that he was intimidated to run against Obama, given the president's unprecedented war chest (estimated at roughly $750 million, well beyond Dubya's previous historical record) and his combined establishment and social media machine.

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Still, for a Republican aprty that's largely ceded this election to Obama, it seems, Trump's big mouth and anti-Obama fervor could make him a convenient patsy of sorts. If Trump's will to spend his his own fortune, he'd leave Rove and Co. with the resources to zero in on recapturing the Senate, where a shift of just 4 seats could consolidate Republican control of the states for years to come. And in 2016, with Obama gone, and no heir apparent, GOP chances for the White House will improve dramatically.

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do not dare to take your eye off of the Senate - we cannot lose the Senate too.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. The Republicans have to come to terms with the fact that Obama

is doing just fine in carrying the water for the Fat 500; the job is filled to their satisfaction; they are not looking for a replacement.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Trump won't spend a dime of his own money.

Nor will the RNC be eager to share its money with him.