The group of GOP figures, which includes 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, several consultants and conservative intellectuals, is exploring ways to put an independent candidate in the election against Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.
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Cuban, like the rest of the people the group has reached out to, does not seem interested.
“I don’t see it happening,” the Mavericks owner wrote in an email to the Post.
Cuban said the Republicans who have approached him told him his “bluster and volume, combined with substance and the ability to connect with voters on a more personal basis,” make him a viable candidate.
Cuban added of Trump, “He could come after me all he wanted, and he knows I would put him in his place. All that said, again, I don’t see it happening. There isn’t enough time.”
Topping the group’s wish list are Trump critic Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who withdrew from the race for the GOP nomination earlier this month.
Former Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis were earlier considerations. The prospects of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and retired Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal have also been discussed.
