Posted on 05/08/2016 1:55:12 PM PDT by MagillaX
First off I don't believe waiting for the convention to announce the choice makes much sense. Way too much work to be done to wait around.
Putting personal opinion aside the best candidate for VP is Rubio. A few reasons here.
First choosing a black VP to swing the black vote. We have past experience on this, Mike Steele when he ran as senator and more recent with Bernie and Hillary. Even though our hearts would like to see the black vote swing it is entrenched and continues to vote Hillary. The risk to benefit is not a good one
On Rubio and his natural born citizenship, who cares it would be a distraction for the Democrats, they would insult some of their supporters and even if the lawsuit won by then the election would be over and Trump would be president.
On a women as VP. Do this if you want to make the election to be entirely about women, diminish Trumps issues, take a chance that an unknown will mess up, take Melania out of the spotlight and give Chris Matthews something else to think about.
Now Trump and Christie have a good look together but I don’t see how he helps expand his voting block.
On Rubio and amnesty. Trump could appoint Vicenti Fox as his VP and still win on that issue.
On Cruz, this would help heal wounds in the party but brings nothing else not sure this is enough, and Rubio would do the same.
Rand Paul’s name came up and was my first pick for President for me but he underperformed big time in the spotlight and trump already owns one of his major issues the wars in the middle east.
Kasich gives him help in Ohio and wont hurt Trump in the election, will help in governing, but offers nothing else.
Back to Rubio, first I am not saying I agree with all his policies, I don’t, but this is about winning and stopping Hillary. Having Rubio on board negates all the negative publicity the republican party put out on Trump, putting it out as only politics the real Trump is (right your narrative here). The Hispanics who do swing vote are inclined to rethink their vote. Rubio has performed well in the spotlight no surprises. This could be a huge shift for Trump with Hispanics. Also Rubio has ties to Mormons which can be helpful. Then Trump can focus on whats left, like women voting issues; jobs, safety and and end to war and affordable healthcare. And how Hillary has not.
Jim Webb.
Sarah Palin.
No!
Webb is a Democrat liberal pro-abortionist.
Leni
Just say NO on Rubi-o
No ineligible candidates.
My view is Trump’s VP is more like a food taster and goodwill ambassador than a true consigliere. (Think Joe Biden)
So I say go with the most electability. Kasich seems (amazingly) popular in Ohio. Then you carpet bomb Florida and Virginia in Nov and win.
As long as everyone is playing fantasy VP, I submit Newt Gingrich is an ideal VP.
So you recognize he isn't a natural born citizen. To you it doesn't matter. To me and many others it matters a lot.
Your lawlessness and Constitutional disregard is duly noted.
Rubio was an anchor baby. Neither of his parents were citizen. He is not qualified.
Look at the arguments for Cruz being a NBC a US mother living in Canada and a Cuban father but US citizen through the mother.
Apply that to Rubio = Cuban Citizen since both parents were Cuban even though he was born on American soil
Well, it would certainly make RubioRush happy.
But I hope not. I really do hope it isn’t Rubio.
IMHO, wrong on three counts.
1) Ethnic Mexicans do not care about or for ethnic Cubans. There is no “Hispanic” vote; there is only the liberal vote which goes to Democrats 115% of the time (including fraud), and the non-liberal vote which goes to Republicans when they don’t look like they’re pandering.
2) Rubio will not bring FL; Conservtive Cubans here will vote for Trump, all other Hispanics will vote for the Democrat regardless. The vote Trump needs to win FL is the south FL retiree vote, and I think he can get it.
3) Rubio will seem to Trumpers like a slap in the face on the amnesty issue, and will seem to Cruzers like a slap in the face in general, given that Rubio treated Trump far worse than Cruz ever did.
My choice: Duncan Hunter. Assuages conservatives, establishes a good successor, might even bring CA votes.
NO RUBIO...
by the way, Reagan made this mistake in 1980. By him selecting Bush as VP we were stuck with with 30 years of Establishment once Reagan left office. According to Rush, after Bush won the first thing Bush did was get rid of all the Reagan people. NO ESTABLISHMENT and besides Rubio would seal a loss in the rubio’s home state of Florida.
Rubio??? He couldn’t even do well in his home state.
Jim Webb, way too liberal on moral issues, very pro choice. Trump couldn’t make up in Democrats the amount of Republicans who would abandon him for choosing Webb.
Been there done that. She is doing great just where she is.
No! Backstabbing liar Rubio would lose Florida for Trump and cause bad blood with conservatives in that state. Choosing Rubio would paint a large target on Trump’s back that open borders crowd might attempt to exploit. Rubio is lazy non worker, while Trump likes high energy, hard workers. Rubio is also not a natural born citizen as required by the Constitution.
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