>>--if Trump doesn't get the nod, there is still a chance he would run as independent (assuming that he even really wants to be president)
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>>I could be wrong and he really thinks he would make a good president. But I think I know why he runs........ego and the opportunity to spout.
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>>I don't think he'll pull a Monte Brewster ("This was all a big joke") but my nightmare vision s that he actually wins and pulls a Robert Redford ("What do I do now" - The Candidate)
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>A friend of mine chaired the political science dept at a large northeastern university.
>The school was situated in a congressional district that had NEVER had a democratic congressman.
>NEVER.
>As an exercise my friend, a Kennedy Democrat, ran a lab for his students every two years where they'd select the democratic candidate, plan the campaign, ring doorbells, etc.
>Of course they never came close to winning.
>Until Watergate...
>Their guy won.
>"What do I do now?"
>My friend took a leave of absence to help the congressman set up his office, hire staff, get briefed on the issues, etc.
>The congressman served with distinction for 3 terms and returned home voluntarily to resume his career. The district is solidly republican again.
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>It can work. The quality of the person is a lot more important than experience.

mmmm...but one must consider the quality of Trump as a person then - and he seems to me to be that of a hate mongering racist mixed in with a tad of male chauvinistic pig. Now I do not know the guy so maybe this is all an act - but either way it's not good. And then there is experience, and then there is not having any political experience at all. I don't understand how anyone can think it's a wise move to have a president,..of a country like the USA.., with zero political experience. All these things add up to a recipe for disaster if you ask me.