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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"EVERYBODY tells me, 'Please run for president. Please run for president.' " (TRUMP.)
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http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/trump_researching_run_YO6Qa9F3xQLS1UmLzQkKdJ
[font size=5]Trump researching 2016 run[/font]
Donald Trump has spent more than $1 million on electoral research for a potential presidential run in 2016.
Sources said the tough-talking Celebrity Apprentice host is increasingly being asked to speak at Republican events, and he appeared at the Oakland County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner in Novi, Mich., last week to a record crowd of 2,300.
Everybody tells me, Please run for president. Please run for president. I would be much happier if a great and competent person came along, Trump reportedly told attendees. Id be happy if President Obama did a great job. Im a Republican, but before anything, I love this country. I would love to see somebody come in who is going to be great. ....
...Michael Cohen, executive vice president and special counsel to Trump, told us they commissioned the $1 million in research into Trumps standing in each state, and to gauge those he would need to win over.
The electoral research was commissioned. We did not spend $1 million on this research for it just to sit on my bookshelf, Cohen said. At this point Mr. Trump has not made any decision on a political run, but what I would say is that he is exactly what this country needs. The turnout at these political speeches indicates his following remains very strong and is growing.
He added that by law, if Trump ran for the presidency or any government office, He would be required to turn over control of his company either to one or all of his children or to a trust.
In his Michigan speech, Trump predicted Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic front-runner, and that if Republicans dont pick the right person, it will be a landslide.
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burnodo
(2,017 posts)No greater joy for the political season funny bone!
madokie
(51,076 posts)Blue Owl
(50,514 posts)n/t
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I think he might be exaggerating just a bit. Considering his bankruptcies, debt, affairs, and divorces, I don't think he's going to qualify as the "personal responsibility" candidate.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)"... a great and competent person ... I would love to see somebody come in who is going to be great."
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)or they are the 33% that thought Bush kept us safe from terrorists.
temporary311
(955 posts)or because they think his campaign would be hilarious?
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Probably they're all Democrats!!!!!
siligut
(12,272 posts)Trump speaks with a forked tongue. And the everybody he is talking about are his yes men. Everybody else wants him to STFU.
mercuryblues
(14,543 posts)yet again, I think he needs to spend another 10 to 20 million on research.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Leave your bubble and realize the country is laughing at you.
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)generated by Trump's ego. I've never seen anybody quite so delusionally impressed with himself.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Donald, if people are telling you to run for President, it could be they are having some fun at your expense, which is pretty much all you are good for anyway.
KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)You can announce at 2014 Wrestlemania.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)I don't know one person, including wing nuts, who doesn't think Trump is a buffoon who is making an ass of himself with his public delusions of relevance.
And if you listen to his monosyllabic speech patterns and limited choice of adjectives you realize he is actually not very smart ("...a great and competent person", "...if President Obama did a great job.", "somebody...who is going to be great." .
Of course there is always the chance that this running for president stuff is just performance art and he's laughing at us behind our backs.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...PLEASE run!!!
PEACE!
baldguy
(36,649 posts)I think most of the banana republic-type countries he's qualified to lead are smart enough to not want him anywhere near them.
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)This should be fun to watch.
LostOne4Ever
(9,290 posts)It would sooo fun to watch Hillary get 90% of the vote and every state in the union!
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Last edited Mon May 27, 2013, 02:42 PM - Edit history (1)
Of course, THEY would all tell him to run.
Not to mention editorial cartoonists, TV and radio pundits, people who would buy the assets he'd sell off for quick cash, other people who want to run and would look good next to him by comparison, people with a sick sense of humor, people who want the Republicans to lose badly, the voices inside of his head, the people who make his hair pieces, circus geeks...
Whatever.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Segami
(14,923 posts)TlalocW
(15,392 posts)Who he's hired to do what he commands and feed his massive ego, and if one of them were honest with him about his chances for presidency, they would be bounced pretty fast.
TlalocW
ornotna
(10,807 posts)The man is truly nuts.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)... that they either beg him to run for president or they are out of Trumpclique.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Do it for 'Murica.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)immoderate
(20,885 posts)Donald, we want you!
--imm
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Make the pledge, Mr. Trump and you get a check today.
I know you need the money, since you are nowhere even close to being a billionaire.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)We love you. Not just for your money. You're humor.
MFM008
(19,820 posts)when the Donald's hair would make an appearance.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr]
[font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font]
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lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Or maybe it's just those annoying voices inside his head.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)The DNC?
Democrats are actually licking their chops at the thought of him running, along with other people like Palin and Santorum. I don't know how, but these jokers across the aisle have this impression that having "true conservative" candidates is the key to success, when their strongest GE candidates (according to the polls) have been those who are closer to the Center.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)of graham4whatever!
jmowreader
(50,566 posts)Trump/Bachmann 2016 would lose in a landslide to Satan/Pol Pot 2016.
That is the same thing Adolf said.
I'm less amused and more frightened. The thought of such a man "ruling" our nation is a joke until it actually happens. Look at how Herman Cain led the GOP polls for about 1.5 months as an example. You know that Trump, as the GOP nominee, would have a "floor" voting base of about 40% and whomever the GOP nominee is will have a huge money infrastructure behind him. That isn't a bad starting point and makes his chances better than most would want to believe.
The "you're fired" video bit would be played in DNC advertisements incessantly.
MiniMe
(21,719 posts)0rganism
(23,971 posts)Please run for president, Donald.