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stopdiggin

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17. I would MUCH prefer

Reply to canetoad (Reply #14)

Fri Aug 25, 2023, 11:37 PM

Aug 2023

(and additionally see it as a much sounder course of action) to see him on the ballot - and suffering a crushing and humiliating defeat in Nov.

That is the way you cut the head off the snake.
Not by trying to 'job' the system. (that's the other guys - IMO)

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Laurence Tribe described how Trump can be excluded from ballot [View all] canetoad Aug 2023 OP

K&R UTUSN Aug 2023 #1

They would almost certainly be consolidated at the Supreme Court. Ms. Toad Aug 2023 #2

+1 2naSalit Aug 2023 #3

Thanks for your response canetoad Aug 2023 #4

This☝️ onetexan Aug 2023 #26

Also... 2naSalit Aug 2023 #5

Exactly canetoad Aug 2023 #6

True. 2naSalit Aug 2023 #8

They sound confident canetoad Aug 2023 #13

Oh these guys are spoiled... 2naSalit Aug 2023 #16

IMO the very definition of a Constitutional crisis. Runningdawg Aug 2023 #7

Probably not enough to win. 2naSalit Aug 2023 #9

They don't want to win. Losing IS their winning strategy. It always has been. Runningdawg Aug 2023 #30

That's presuming they can write bedazzled Aug 2023 #23

It's the start of a path... HelpImSurrounded Aug 2023 #10

Many thanks canetoad Aug 2023 #11

So the political parties go through their primaries stopdiggin Aug 2023 #12

That may very well be the case canetoad Aug 2023 #14

I would MUCH prefer stopdiggin Aug 2023 #17

I hear you loud and clear canetoad Aug 2023 #18

He is not electable any more, therefore makes no difference! Brainfodder Aug 2023 #15

Don't fool yourself. Trump's odds are low, but not close enough to zero for comfort. Silent3 Aug 2023 #20

No it is not a viable path Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #19

This issue is going to get before the SCOTUS LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 #21

Thank you canetoad Aug 2023 #22

No, Fox News didn't report Newsom wants to remove Trump's name from future ballots Fact check MichMan Aug 2023 #29

Great interview with Tribe and Luttig. Sogo Aug 2023 #24

New Hampshire is considering whether TFG can be on their primary ballot. Sogo Aug 2023 #25

"Obviously, Democratic SoS's will say no" brooklynite Aug 2023 #27

+1 onenote Aug 2023 #28