IF you're one of the tinfoil hatters crazy enough to believe (we all know better, of course) that the promise of money and endless publicity might be enough to convince someone to throw an election, this would be a hell of a dive to take. A bit early in the process, though I'm sure one could dream up plenty more gems in the absence of a decent October Surprise.
Just a thought: It's not so much he's "throwing" the election as he never believed he'd get this far, doesn't really want the job and so he's adopted a "fuck it" attitude of just saying whatever pops in his head and enjoying the trolling.
Yeah, its been said elsewhere that it might have started as a stunt to boost ratings on The Celebrity Apprentice.
Regardless, he certainly - intentionally or otherwise - tapped into a groundswell of anger, so potent that it actually became focussed through the one outsider in the pack, a dodgy real estate guy who likes trophy wives and is on record as thinking Republican voters are stupid.
