It's not final, but it seems that the name of the man Bill Kristol called a big name Republican has leaked. This big name Republican is going to run as an independent against Clinton and Trump. And here's the big name:
David French
The truth is that the big name Republican has about as small a name as one could possibly have. In fact, I've never heard of him and I've heard of just about every Republican on the national stage for the last few decades.
To be fair to Mr. French, he may not be the guy who will be running as the dummy to Kristol's ventriloquist, so if that is the case, I mean no disrespect. But if French is actually planning to run, then he is making himself into a joke.
Here's the question: what state will Mr. French carry when running against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Gary Johnson? French comes from Tennessee, but he's little known there. French is not independently wealthy (or so I am told), so he will have to raise millions, indeed hundreds of millions, to launch a real campaign. And then there's this: it's already past the filing date in Texas and other states' filing deadlines are fast approaching. There is no way that French and Kristol are going to be able to gather the needed signatures to get on the ballot even if they devote themselves to it. It is a massive effort that requires hundreds or thousands of volunteers. Unless Kristol and French have exceedingly large families, there's no way they are going to make most of the filing deadlines. To be fair, there is one possibility: Hillary Clinton may send her own people to get French on the ballot since she figures that having him on the ballot will siphon a few votes away from Trump.
This whole effort by Bill Kristol is totally a joke. Kristol has managed to throw away any claim he ever had to being a principled conservative. It's too bad, but it is also inevitable.
David French
The truth is that the big name Republican has about as small a name as one could possibly have. In fact, I've never heard of him and I've heard of just about every Republican on the national stage for the last few decades.
To be fair to Mr. French, he may not be the guy who will be running as the dummy to Kristol's ventriloquist, so if that is the case, I mean no disrespect. But if French is actually planning to run, then he is making himself into a joke.
Here's the question: what state will Mr. French carry when running against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Gary Johnson? French comes from Tennessee, but he's little known there. French is not independently wealthy (or so I am told), so he will have to raise millions, indeed hundreds of millions, to launch a real campaign. And then there's this: it's already past the filing date in Texas and other states' filing deadlines are fast approaching. There is no way that French and Kristol are going to be able to gather the needed signatures to get on the ballot even if they devote themselves to it. It is a massive effort that requires hundreds or thousands of volunteers. Unless Kristol and French have exceedingly large families, there's no way they are going to make most of the filing deadlines. To be fair, there is one possibility: Hillary Clinton may send her own people to get French on the ballot since she figures that having him on the ballot will siphon a few votes away from Trump.
This whole effort by Bill Kristol is totally a joke. Kristol has managed to throw away any claim he ever had to being a principled conservative. It's too bad, but it is also inevitable.
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