The top choice for Trumps VP

[ground_fog]

Rand Paul would bring more to the table than Rubio. And if something happens to Trump, its establishment open borders, TPP, etc

SAY NO TRUMP

[The Continental Op]

Kasich would be horrible and would undermine Trump at every turn. He doesn’t agree with him on anything. First time they put a mike in his mug he’d say “No, of course we won’t build a wall. I won’t let Trump do that.
And the Muslim thing? No, of course not.”

[MagillaX]

I like Newt would be great if Trump was running against Winston Churchill. We are not headed into an intellectual battle now, but rather one of perception.

[SatinDoll]

Mary Fallin, Republican Governor of Oklahoma.

[TaxPayer2000]

Marco Rubio brings absolutely nothing to the table. Marco Rubio could not even win his home stat of Florida!

[nesnah]

Not elegible.

[Joe Miner]

Cruz lost me when he select the GOPe bitch, now you have Trump selecting a GOPe clown.

[TaxPayer2000]

Marco Rubio brings absolutely nothing to the table. Marco Rubio could not even win his home state of Florida!

[Dr. Sivana]

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.

There's LOTS of reason to wait for the convention. Trump has gotten where he is largely because he is able to play out the drama to his benefit. Remember when George W. had Dick Cheney do all the vetting and interviewing, and the VP wound up being Cheney himself? That worked as a big plus for W. in the 2000 cycle, giving him then needed "gravitas", and hard to get positive press.

80% of what goes on between now and the election is the part about getting elected. That's just the way it is. Interestingly, anyone who submits to the vetting process will be handing Trump personal information that could be used against him if needed with the vettee's permission and no need to go to the FBI. The same vetting can also be used for future cabinet picks without showing Trump's hand, so the time isn't going to be wasted. It is clear that Carson WILL have a rile. Cruz likely wants to run his own show four or eight years from now, Christie would be fine with a high level gig, etc. This is a good time for Trump to figure out friends and enemies, and which friends he wants close and which enemies he needs leverage over.

Picking a vice president is going to make someone faction annoyed, better to let some of the healing begin. His selection of a top drawer pro-life adviser was an excellent first step. Pro-lifers are the most suspicious and quickest to jump ship if betrayed.

[grania]

It must be other parts of the state where Kasich is popular. Around these parts, he's blamed for cutting finances to local governments. Instead, the money goes to the schemes of deep-pocket donors. Then there's the coal issue, which Trump already owns.

Besides that, Kasich is a liberal on almost all issues. Go with Rubio....he could be mentored, and he's a reliable conservative except for wanting productive long-time illegals to stay. Kasich, on the other hand, applauds all aspects of the invasion of the US.

[Dilbert San Diego]

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.

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Not sure why it hurts to wait until the convention. Almost all past nominees announce their choice at the convention, and then the convention ratifies that selection. Why would it make a big difference to announce someone now?

[Talisker]

I think the VP will be the lady with the green scarf:

Okay I'll bite, who is she?

[nascarnation]

Well he did 47%, beat Trump by 10, and won for governor in 2014 by 30 points.

Hard to be much better than that.
Even Democrats in California don’t win by that much LOL

[johnthebaptistmoore]

The best choice for VP should be a very conservative person from California, in order to force the left to spend much more money than they planned to spend from within California.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Black vote ain’t swingin’ 98% for Obama says all one needs to say

Stop with the racial politics. Hasn’t it gotten us in enough trouble as it is?

[trisham]

No. Not Rubio!

[faithhopecharity]

I like some things about Rubio and he could help the ticket yes, but he messed up with his immigration ideas — which did not...and will not... sell with most voters.
(Also, he’s ineligible. VP’s have to meet the same qualifications as Presidents, per our Constitution.)

Dr. Carson impressed a lot of voters, he seemed pretty honest and that’s something the public is desperately seeking after 8 years of Obama/Hillary/Kerry/and Kompany. I think Rick Santorum could add a lot of reassurance to the ticket and should be considered, too.

[grania]

Kasich’s Dem opponent for Gov was SO BAD he was a joke. The Dems were over-confident and didn’t fully vet their guy. Consider that Kasich ONLY beat Trump by 10%, and that was just the ‘pubs voting. There would be no problem getting most of those Kasich votes to go Trump in Nov, without Kasich on the ticket.

[Bullish]

I can’t stand Kasich and don’t want him anywhere near the white house.

[MagillaX]

So you lose and election the world falls apart around you because you have a legal disagreement on the definition of what natural born is. And your okay with that.

My point is all about winning the election. Let the judges figure the rest if it isn’t legal so be it and if it is then we know that as well. It was obvious to me Cruz was not natural born but it is not so obvious with Rubio since he was born in America. The point still remains it is not a valid argument to eliminate him from contention.