What, exactly, explains why a billionaire former CEO of a coffee chain thinks he can launch an independent run for president in 2020? …
Schultz does not need to be nearly as popular as Perot to prove a disaster for Democrats. Even with a tiny share of a state’s vote, he could deliver key states to Trump. And if he did win a state or two, that could be enough to throw the election into the House of Representatives. (It almost happened in 1948 and in 1968.) Under the arcane rules of that unlikely scenario—one state, one vote—a Republican would have a good chance of winning even if Democrats still had the majority of House members. (Don’t ask.) CONT.
Jeff Greenfield, Politico