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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015

      1. Trump has a lot of leverage right now because he can threaten to go independent. But what if that move were used on him.

      11 replies 4 retweets 9 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015
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      2. What if a prominent Republican, say Romney or Huntsman, said, Trump is unacceptable as a nominee. If he wins, I'll do independent run

      15 replies 7 retweets 12 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015
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      3. Romney/Huntsman figure would say: everyone else is acceptable and I won't do independent run if they get nomination. Only Trump

      7 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015
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      4. Romney/Huntsman would be surrounded by rich guys who would say, for the good of the party, we're supporting this as Plan B.

      4 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015
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      5. Romney/Huntsman would argue: I'm not interested in being GOP nomination -- Jeb, Rubio etc. are fine. But I have Plan B to defeat Trump

      5 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015
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      6. So Trump would be presented with the same extortion he's using: if he stays in race, he's absolutely guaranteed to lose general.

      11 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015
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      7. As people rightly note, big problem with my idea is assumption Trump cares about White House win rather than general attention getting

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015

      8. Thinking this through more: it's hard to have any leverage against a narcissistic nihilist who wants to watch the world burn.

      12:15 PM - 21 Dec 2015
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        1. Downpuppy, since 1783‏ @Downpuppy 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet Cut off his Arby's

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        1. Fafnir‏ @FafnirDota 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet #batmanproblems lol

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        1. Ben Matasar‏ @matasar 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet I still think their best "plan" is to hope he gets bored. Trump put them in a rough spot.

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        1. Jessica Ritchey‏ @Ruby_Stevens 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet He's an asshole who knows he's one and doesn't care about people perceiving him as an asshole. Really hard to shut that down.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2015
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          9. So, my leverage scenario won't work. It's like GOP has been kidnapped by the Joker. Story won't end till the Joker gets tired.

          9 replies 12 retweets 30 likes
        3. J B X‏ @JimbauxsJournal 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet Yeah, so, like I said, it's best for the GOP to take Chait's advice and let - and encourage - Trump to do his third-party run.

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        1. Mark Sholdice‏ @marksholdice 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet Sorry for a Hitler reference, but this is why Hindenburg, Von Papen, Chamberlain, etc., were so wrong about dealing with Hitler

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        2. amanasleep‏ @ticketdust 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet Trump voters are the target here. Either demoralize them so they don't vote in primaries or give them a non-Trump champion.

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        3. amanasleep‏ @ticketdust 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet GOP's best play here would be to bear-hug Cruz and let him win enough primaries that Trump drops out. Then throw Cruz under a bus.

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        2. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 21 Dec 2015
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet Hmm, this might be the extra bit for my Trump-as-classic-Penguin thesis: He's a fusion of Burgess Meredith, with Ledger's joker.

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        3. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 21 Dec 2015
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          @HeerJeet Though at this point I think he really does want to conquer the world, not simply watch it burn.

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