Trump picking winners often backed Democrats with cash – until 2012

There was a moment during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate when the leading candidate, billionaire developer Donald Trump, waxed poetic about his foray into politics. "I've never done this process before, I've never been a politician," Trump said, just before launching into one of his well-known declarations about how he plans to "do everything" in his power to beat Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. In fact, Trump ran for the Reform Party's presidential nomination in 2000,

There was a moment during Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate when the leading candidate, billionaire developer Donald Trump, waxed poetic about his foray into politics. "I've never done this process before, I've never been a politician," Trump said, just before launching into one of his well-known declarations about how he plans to "do everything" in his power to beat Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. In fact, Trump ran for the Reform Party's presidential nomination in 2000,…