Subject: The 5-Minute Fix: Why a third-party bid isn't going to happen
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 19:30:00 -0400

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By Amber Phillips

Look, we get it: A lot of Republican leaders are really unhappy with the guy who is their presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump. And when a bunch of Type A people don't like a situation, it's only natural that they try to think of a way to change it.
Enter the idea of propping up a third-party/independent candidate -- someone who could essentially become Republicans' de facto nominee in place of Trump. Over the weekend, The Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Robert Costa reported conservative thought leaders like Erick Erickson and former leaders like Mitt Romney were considering drafting someone for an independent bid.
It's almost definitely not going to work. And as a result, it probably won't even be attempted. Here's why:
The boss of the Republicans says no: A third-party candidate would be a "suicide mission," said Reince Priebus, the head of the Republican National Committee. Its likeliest result would be peeling away Republican votes from Trump and giving the White House to Democrats.
The potential candidates say no: Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), the original #NeverTrump-er in the Senate. Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg earlier this year. None of them seem very interested in a third-party run, for the reason Priebus gets to, above. No one wants to be the person who guy or girl who helped Clinton. Especially since, as The Fix's Philip Bump notes, we live in an era in which many people hate the opposition more than they love their candidate.
(Philip Bump / The Washington Post)
It's too late: Even supporters of this idea acknowledge that to be a viable candidate, they'd need to get someone in the next few weeks. Ballot deadlines are already approaching and passing. Given all the hurdles above, good luck with that.
Does this poll validate Bernie Sanders's position on health care?
More than half of Americans want to replace Obamacare with a single-payer system, according to a new Gallup poll. That includes 41 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents.
(Philip Bump / The Washington Post)
Polling on health care is often all over the place, but this one clearly suggests Americans could be open to the kind of government-run health care that Sen. Bernie Sanders supports. Bump thinks it could be because so many Republicans really hate Obamacare that anything else sounds good right about now -- even one some of their political leaders won't touch with a 10-foot pole.
The Donald Trump-Megyn Kelly feud, made for TV
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Well, it kinda already was made for TV (it airs starting Tuesday but has already been taped): Her confronting him at a debate (as moderators do). Him tearing her down days later. But after nine months of back and forth between Trump and the Fox News TV host Megyn Kelly -- a feud that has catapulted Kelly to even higher levels of fame -- the two finally sat down to talk about their complicated relationship in a broadcast interview.
An hour-long special will air Tuesday on Fox (as Kelly says, Big Fox, "American Idol" Fox) at 8 p.m. Eastern time, with the sit-down a part of it. Here's what we know/can expect, via The Fix's Callum Borchers and an interview Kelly gave with The Post's Krissah Thompson:
She confronts Trump directly about his attacks on her. And Trump responds with this, according to the promos that have aired so far: "I wasn't so fond of you at the time, I will tell you"
Trump says he was actually mad at Kelly for asking him all those questions about how he treats women in the August debate: "It was real. I was angry," Trump told her, according to Kelly.
Kelly's not digging the term 'feminist' that some have labeled her with: "I think it’s a charged word because it connotes a social-issues platform that, as a journalist, I should not be associating myself with" she told Thompson.
Their whole fallout and Trump's fixation on attacking her has not been a good time for Kelly. "85 percent of the experience has been quite dark and unpleasant," she told Thompson.
Fact of the day
A Mississippi voter hands an ID over to vote. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
When you go to vote in November, the chances are better than not that you'll be required to present some kind of ID before you do. That's because two-thirds of states -- 33 -- now have some kind of law requiring an ID to vote -- in some cases a photo ID. And after a decade of trying, Missouri could be next, as I reported today.
Some of the strictest of those laws -- laws that make it hard for you to vote on, say a provisional ballot if you don't have an ID -- have been challenged in court with mixed results. But for the most part, I argue, voter ID laws are here to stay. And most Americans might be just fine with that.

Map(s) of the day

See all that red? That's all very good news for Republicans. With all the doomsday scenarios of the party's collapse, it's easy to forget that Republicans actually dominate at the state level, writes The Fix's Aaron Blake: "They control about 7 out of every 10 chambers, and when you combine that dominance with their 31 governors, they have full control of 21 out of 50 state governments — compared with just seven for Democrats." These maps tell that story.

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That's it for today. Talk Wednesday!
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