One of the best
convergence examples between news media and the internet is the
Twitter Feed. Over the last 24 hours I was tasked with following a
single news story. I chose to follow the coverage around Donald
trump's signing of a loyalty pledge to support his fellow Republican
candidates, should he lose in the primaries, and not to run as a
third part candidate. While this is signed by most traditional
candidates, Trump has been quit a controversial candidate due to his
past and even more so now.
In recent days, the
RNC has circulated a pledge to GOP presidential candidates asking
them for their party loyalty and affirm they will not run for
president as an independent - a move many see aimed at Trump. The
question of whether Trump might launch an independent candidacy has
loomed over his campaign. At last month's GOP debate, Trump was the
only candidate to raise his hand when asked whether they might not
support the eventual nominee or be unwilling to rule out a third
party bid. Trump has said he wants to win the White House as a
Republican, but has previously declined to pledge to run only as a
member of the GOP. A third party candidacy by Trump could sink any
chance for a Republican to win the White House against Democrats in
2016. Republican front-runner Donald Trump was expected to rule (and
did) rule out a third-party bid for president Thursday, following a
meeting with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in
the afternoon.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/politics/republican-rnc-loyalty-pledge-donald-trump/index.html?Sr=twtsr0902loyaltypledge
A source with knowledge of these matters has confirmed to Breitbart
News exclusively that RNC Chairman Reince Priebus planned meet with
Donald Trump “at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan thursday
afternoon to discuss the ‘loyalty pledge.'”
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2015/09/02/exclusive-rnc-chairman-reince-priebus-to-meet-with-donald-trump-to-discuss-loyalty-pledge/
“I will be totally pledging my
allegiance to the Republican Party,” Donald Trump said on Thursday,
holding up a piece of paper with his signature and the wrong date for
all of America to see. With that pledge, Trump entered into a formal
agreement with the Republican National Committee that he will not run
for president as an independent if he doesn’t win the party’s
nomination next year.Trump had been threatening to do just that if he
wasn’t “treated fairly” by the RNC, and the prospect was a
little scary for Republicans. Trump is, after all, polling far ahead
of every other GOP candidate. If he dropped out and ran as an
independent, he’d surely derail support for the eventual Republican
nominee and hand the election to a Democrat. But now the pledge is
signed. There’s even a couple with correct dates on them. So that’s
the end of that story, right? Wrong.“Pledges like this just don’t
mean anything,” said Kyle Kondik, a political analyst at the
University of Virginia Center for Politics and managing editor of
Sabato’s Crystal Ball. “Anyone who thinks that this will someone
preclude a Trump third party run is full of themselves.” Trump’s
pledge, Kondik explained, is not a legally enforceable contract. The
Washington Post described it this way: “It’s like the sort of
pledge you get your kids to sign that they will do their homework,
make their beds and eat their vegetables before they can play with
your iPhone. It’s a statement of intention, but not a binding one.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/09/04/3698506/trump-third-party-run/
Beginning,
middle, happening, and conclusion/epilogue. Even though he signed the
pledge on his terms, it seems unlikely he'll change much. Trump
showed again on Friday he will not easily be bound to party
orthodoxy, breaking from many of his rival's policy stances on issues
from the Iran nuclear deal to the gay marriage fight in Kentucky.
http://news.yahoo.com/trump-republican-pledge-breaks-pack-iran-gay-marriage-131002899.html
So far, looks like there is very little that can “stump the Trump.”
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