Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, one of the vanguards of the #NeverTrump movement, has reportedly “circulated a memo to a small number of conservative allies” detailing a plan for a third-party challenge to Donald Trump in November should the Republican front-runner be the nominee, according to The New York Times.
High among the names mentioned as possible recruits are Tom Coburn, a former Oklahoma senator, and former Texas governor Rick Perry.
Anti-Trump forces readying indy option. @BillKristol circulating memo on how it would work>> https://t.co/WGxbbc1y3B pic.twitter.com/COQ3xKdkIj
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) March 19, 2016
Twitchy.com pointed out that first and foremost, Kristol wants to stop a Trump nomination, and he only suggests the third-party run should that effort fail:
#NeverTrump. & #NeverHillary. So: We must a) defeat Trump for nomination or b) run a credible independent candidate. https://t.co/a7Bt9uKED9
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 19, 2016
This is Track Two, just in case. Track One is to stop Trump within GOP, where he’s getting only 37% of vote. https://t.co/hpXjHOUaxN
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 19, 2016
The sudden affection for Perry prompted his former campaign manager Jeff Miller to ask Kristol and crew an obvious question:
With all due respect to @BillKristol and donors who have called. Where were you when @GovernorPerry was actually running for POTUS
— Jeff Miller (@JeffMillerCA2TX) March 20, 2016
And if that didn’t dash the hopes of Perry riding to the rescue, Miller then threw a bucket of ice water on the aspirations:
@GovernorPerry has no interest in running as a 3rd party candidate. For the good of the country, he wants the GOP to unite around @tedcruz
— Jeff Miller (@JeffMillerCA2TX) March 20, 2016
With a Trump nomination all but a done thing and Perry having no interest in intervening, Kristol may want to start working on “Track Three,” as Twitchy astutely noted.
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