that to other major candidates. cruz, carson outspending him. hillary clinton outspending him almost 10-1, according to what his advisers told the times. this undercuts one of the key assumptions of the trump campaign to date, that he will spend his way to victory and he ll never have to worry about something other candidates do, that he could be bought or pressured by donors. i spoke to gop sources who say this has worked so far. some estimate he s got $100 million of free media campaign value. but they say it as a time limit. with the romney campaign, they spent $50 million on staff and 100 million on internet operations. so if donald trump is serious, these going to have to tap into that money. i spoke with ronald reagan s former political director who worked for perot. he accounted how perot was rich
people, i would say nader and perot, though, were in party primaries, right? they weren t doing this two-step. how early, in your view, would trump have to start doing things as opposed to just claiming the leverage? well, if he s serious that he really wants to keep the independent route open, if i were him, i would not file in the presidential primaries of ohio or texas or south dakota. but we have precedence that the sore loser laws don t pertain to presidential primaries, and the reason is a sore loser law says if you are defeated in the primary, you can t run outside the major parties in november. the trouble with that theory is no person has defeated a republican or democratic presidential nomination in any one state s primary. presidential primaries are different.
and gary johnson got on the ballot in ohio. the same thing with john anderson in 1980. he stayed a republican. he listed himself in the congressional republican. that doesn t pertain to presidential candidates. so what do you think is the leverage here? do you think he can play this out in a dual way in multiple states? i do. don t forget ralph nader in 2008 got on the ballot in 45 states. and he is not a really wealthy person. i think he s comfortable but not wealthy. 1988 the new alliance party presidential candidate got on the ballot in all 50 states. perot did it without even having to go to court in 1992. how early several of those
the same thing with john anderson in 1980. he stayed a republican. he listed himself in the congressional republican. that doesn t pertain to presidential candidates. so what do you think is the leverage here? do you think he can play this out in a dual way in multiple states? i do. don t forget ralph nader in 2008 got on the ballot in 45 states. and he is not a really wealthy person. i think he s comfortable but not wealthy. 1988 the new alliance party presidential candidate got on the ballot in all 50 states. perot did it without even having to go to court in 1992. how early several of those people, i would say nader and perot, though, were in party primaries, right?
they ve kept me out of the debates. i m going to seek the libertarian nomination. and gary johnson got on the ballot in ohio. the same thing with john anderson in 1980. he stayed a republican. he listed himself in the congressional detectivery epub. that doesn t pertain to presidential candidates. so what do you think is the leverage here? do you think he can play this out in a dual way in multiple states? i do. don t forget ralph nader in 2008 got on the ballot in 45 states. and he is not a really wealthy person. i think he s comfortable but not wealthy. 1988 the new alliance party presidential candidate got on the ballot in all 50 states. perot did it without even having to go to court in 1992.