Donald Trump caves to the RNC, will sign pledge promising not to run 3rd party

[rsexaminer]

Donald Trump has finally caved to the establishment in the Republican party. It now appears we can all forget about a possible Trump independent run for president.

http://www.examiner.com/article/donald-trump-will-rule-out-third-party-presidential-run-report-says

[vadermike]

1. interesting

we will see.. the Donald can really do anything he wants.. but we Dems should not rely on this to win the election.. we should be able to win without it.. i hope we have a strong GE candidate to face the rethugs!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. The pledge isn't enforceable.

If tRump changes his mind there's nothing the RNC could do about it. And I wouldn't put it past him.

[arcane1]

3. This is, after all, a man who thinks jokes on late-night talk shows are legally binding agreements

[delrem]

4. Now that's an issue decided, for this issues backed election!

Of course as always DUers have been running way in front of the pack. Have I reminded you lately of DU's TOS?

[underthematrix]

5. I think the GOP leadership wanted him to take the pledge

because now they can kick his ass real good.

[kentuck]

6. I thought he was a "great negotiator"??

Not !

[hay rick]

7. Surrender- great negotiating tool! nt

[Marie Marie]

8. Yeah, looks like Reince made Trump cry "Uncle".

[DJ13]

9. He should be a Democrat in Congress?

[lpbk2713]

10. And Trump's word is as good as ... ?

Trump is a self serving slime ball. I woudn't take his word on anything.

[geek tragedy]

11. Ross Perot withdrew before restarting his campaign

Trump can certainly flip-flop. This is a man who does not honor his obligations.

[Solly Mack]

12. His ego will never forgive him.

Unless his ego decides it was the smartest decision it has ever made.

And it probably will.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. My guess is that he doesn't want to spend the money for the third party run.

[alphafemale]

14. This means nothing. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Don't You Believe It

It's not a legally binding contract, so if he changes his mind, he'll just ignore the pledge.

[randome]

16. This is not what the GOP was hoping for! Excellent.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[restorefreedom]

17. loyalty oaths have no place in a democracy

i hope he tells them to go f*ck themselves

[ck4829]

18. And then the "oh wait..." will start to set in for the RNC. He's sure he can get the nomination

[WI_DEM]

19. This must mean he thinks he has a very good shot of being the GOP nominee.

[Hugin]

20. That's my take on it too. n/t