"It's hard for Rick to have legs," said Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who is not aligned with a campaign.
The move would align the party with a campaign that has attracted high profile showbiz supporters, including Bill Nighy and Sir Ben Kingsley, who have both made videos promoting the idea.
In 2016, they believed in a campaign aligned against runaway inequality and Wall Street.
A senior Ukrainian official, deputy head of the presidential administration Andriy Taranov, accused the Russian government of training a 50,000-strong separatist force to control and expand the territory they have seized in a campaign to align it with Russia.
But in 2011 Trump began aggressively questioning Obama's birthplace and his legitimacy as president ― a campaign that aligned perfectly with Russia's interests while ballooning Trump's popularity among Republican primary voters.
As luck would have it, the Secret brand of Procter & Gamble was looking to introduce a new body spray and wanted to align the campaign with an emerging singer.
Years ago, Grand Hustle general manager Kang had pitched former owners the Atlanta Spirit a campaign that would align the Hawks with its homegrown hip-hop: "I Am the A".
It may seem unusual for the outspoken leader of a local Occupy movement to align with a former campaign staffer for a Tea Party-backed senator and the head of an ALEC-backed advocacy group, but Fruhwirth brushes off his political differences with Boyack.
Young activists in particular can find work at a campaign that's both aligned to their particular political interests and small enough that they can make a real difference.
Taking offence that Obama is mistakenly identified as a Muslim aligns his campaign with bigots that treat "Muslim" as a slur and believe a Muslim can't be president of the United States.
