By Tim Mak
Gen. James Mattis
doesn’t necessarily want to be president—but that’s not stopping a group
of billionaire donors from hatching a plan to get him there.
An anonymous group of conservative billionaires is ready to place their bets on a man dubbed “Mad Dog,” hoping to draft him into the presidential race to confront Donald Trump.
Think of it as a Plan B should Trump be nominated by the Republican Party in Cleveland: swing behind retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis and press him into service yet again as a third-party candidate.
Mattis
is the former commander of Central Command, which includes the
strife-afflicted conflict zones of the Middle East, North Africa, and
Central Asia, and has developed a reputation among troops as a general
officer who cares about the little guy. This reputation blossomed into the political realm during the 2012 presidential contest, when a Marine Corps veteran started an online campaign to write-in Mattis on presidential ballots—it ultimately lacked the backing to take off.
But
this situation involves far bigger players: Close to a dozen
influential donors—involving politically-involved billionaires with deep
pockets and conservative leanings—are ready to put their resources
behind Mattis. At their request, a small group of political operatives
have taken the first steps in the strategic legwork needed for a bid: a
package of six strategic memos outlining how Mattis could win the race,
in hopes of coaxing him in.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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