Not after Cruz started to show his Nixonian side. I would look for someone who may be a politician, but made their money before entering politics, or another complete outsider. Donald Trump’s administration is not going to be influenced by special interests, at all.
A little research produces:
1. Bill Haslam, a Republican, Governor of Tennessee
2. Philip Norman “Phil” Bredesen, Jr., Democrat, former Governor of Tennessee
3. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, Governor of Illinois
So it looks pretty good that Donald Trump can find an executive with government experience who can not be bought either.
1. Bill Haslam, a Republican, Governor of Tennessee
2. Philip Norman “Phil†Bredesen, Jr., Democrat, former Governor of Tennessee
Big govt libs...a reason to vote 3rd party
Haslam won the TN gubernatorial primary in 2010 because he was the only Leftist Republican, while Ramsey and Wamp split the conservative vote.
Bredesen is not your typical Democrat, but he is still a Democrat.
Rauner has been good... for an Illinois politico.
If Trump really wants to keep his brand of being the one true anti-establishment candidate (Sanders and Cruz are both career politicians), he should not choose a politician as a VP, especially since that politician will inevitably be bribed to participate in an assassination of Trump.