Donald Trump announced that he will no longer moderate the Newsmax-sponsored GOP debate planned for later this month, and of course, there's spin.
Since the announcement of the debate, all Trump could manage to secure were Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum - and that just reinforces how little credibility this political stunt would have garnered. While the "debate" is in limbo, Trump steered clear of the point that Gingrich and Santorum are only showing up to kiss ass and try to pick up whatever few votes a Trump endorsement get, and resurected the threat of an eventually failed Trump campaign:
The Republican Party candidates are very concerned that sometime after the final episode of The Apprentice, on May 20th, when the equal time provisions are no longer applicable to me, I will announce my candidacy for President of the United States as an Independent and that, unless I conclusively agree not to run as an Independent, they will not agree to attend or be a part of the Newsmax debate scheduled for December 27, 2011. It is very important to me that the right Republican candidate be chosen to defeat the failed and very destructive Obama Administration, but if that Republican, in my opinion, is not the right candidate, I am not willing to give up my right to run as an Independent candidate.
Therefore, so that there is no conflict of interest within the Republican Party, I have decided not to be the moderator of the Newsmax debate.
In typical Trump hyperbole, he closed saying, " I believe this would not only have been the most watched debate, but also the most substantive and interesting debate!" Once again, it's all about The Donald. The Republicans like the attention that Trump can bring them, but would never choose or back him over the infinite number of party-line drones they have in the pipeline. Now I'm hoping that Trump does throw his hat into the ring, just so he can burn through million of his own money and lose just like Meg Whitman in her gubernatorial campaign last year.
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