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Dick's CEO Floats Prez Bid |
2019-10-24 |
Do the millions Dick's stockholders lost count as a campaign contribution? [Politico] Ed Stack, the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods and a longtime Republican donor, is testing the waters for a possible third-party presidential bid that could scramble the dynamics of the 2020 general election. |
Posted by:Mercutio |
#10 I don-no, "Vote for a Dick" kinda has a ring to it. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-10-24 17:46 |
#9 Yes, technically he's not a third party candidate. He worked within the rules to create a a new coalition within the GOP. The new coalition was comprised of folks that had been screwed or ignored by the previous coalitions so they aren't likely to turn on him. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-10-24 14:01 |
#8 So we mostly agree... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-24 12:05 |
#7 Agreed, but he came from outside and remade the party. Most third party bids stay outside and have no chance. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-10-24 11:27 |
#6 But Trump used the party against itself. Nothing third party about that. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-24 11:16 |
#5 Trump's was a third party run that took over the GOP instead of running against them. I suspect Trump's base is made up of ex-Perot voters and tea-party voters, and Evangelicals that were jerked around and taken for granted by the Old Boys Club/Neo-con coalition that controlled the party after Reagan. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-10-24 10:13 |
#4 What happened to Howard Schultz? Was he off'ed? |
Posted by: Lex 2019-10-24 10:12 |
#3 The idea of a serious third party challenger in the US is deader that ever. The sort of people who wanted to vote for Ross Perot or John Anderson actually believed the system could be reformed. Present circumstances put paid to that swell fairytale notion. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-10-24 07:53 |
#2 Wastes other peoples savings to virtue signal? He will split the dem vote! |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-10-24 02:38 |
#1 Headline was scrambled. Should read: CEO's Dick Bloats: Fizzled Priapus |
Posted by: Lex 2019-10-24 01:45 |