Headline Roundup May 15, 2016
Picking a Third Party Candidate
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Blaze Media
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may not be interested in a third party run, but he’s looking for someone who is.
Conservative thinkers like Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, radio show host Erick Erickson and Republican strategist Rick Wilson who are adamantly against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump are hoping to find a third party alternative.

CNBC
A group of dissident Republicans refusing to support Donald Trump have courted a diverse slate of potential candidates to mount a potential third party bid against the putative nominee, The Washington Post reported on Saturday—a group that includes another outspoken billionaire.

The Washington Post
A band of exasperated Republicans - Including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a handful of veteran consultants and members of the conservative intelligentsia - is plotting to draft an Actively independent presidential candidate Donald Trump Who Could keep from the White House.
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