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It’s Time to Discuss Donald Trump’s Running Mate
Politico ^ | 09/07/2015 | By MATT LATIMER

Posted on 09/07/2015 7:13:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

They still haven’t figured out Donald Trump.

GOP leaders thought they’d outfox the frontrunner-they-don’t-want by making him sign a mafia-style “loyalty” pledge to the GOP. He signed it, no problem. And why not? The Republican Party isn’t exactly the Sopranos. What are they going to do if he breaks the pledge anyway? Break his thumbs?

In return, the geniuses behind this idea have now forced every other GOP contender to vow support for Trump if he wins the nomination—along with whoever he chooses as his running mate. Which prompts us to ask a fun and fascinating question: Just who would that running mate be?

Too soon to envision a Trump ticket, you say? Well, why should that stop us? After all, America has had to endure a year or more of earnest speculation among DC pundits about a potential Bush or Clinton White House—vision quests that are literally putting voters to sleep. So what exactly would GOP nominee Trump do? We know, of course, what the ever-predictable professional political class would advise: that Trump pick someone with considerable Washington experience to balance the ticket. Maybe a solid Midwestern senator like Rob Portman. Or someone who can help solve his alleged problems with “the women,” like a Kelly Ayotte or maybe a Nikki Haley. He might, they’d suggest, pick a safe, calming choice—like some of the more establishment-approved Republicans he’d just run against. A Jeb Bush or a John Kasich or a Marco Rubio.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; runningmate; trump
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1 posted on 09/07/2015 7:13:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Sarah Palin.

Just a suggestion...


2 posted on 09/07/2015 7:14:26 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why? Why are we bothering with primaries then?


3 posted on 09/07/2015 7:15:45 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: SeekAndFind

I nominate Rinse Prius, to keep a tail on Trump for the GOPee.


4 posted on 09/07/2015 7:16:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current devices...one uses Brit spel now.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Marco RINEO.. fits..


5 posted on 09/07/2015 7:17:07 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Moorings

Trump is a long shot to win the nomination. It is four solid months before anyone begins casting votes. Peaked too early.


6 posted on 09/07/2015 7:18:05 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: SeekAndFind
No, it's about 9 months early.....

We need to focus like a laser on kicking Boner and Ditch for the next 9 months.

7 posted on 09/07/2015 7:18:21 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current devices...one uses Brit spel now.)
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To: Moorings

Pollutico is a left wing rag so the idea of coronations aren’t all that alien to them.

Its still better than 5 months before the first votes are tallied.


8 posted on 09/07/2015 7:18:54 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

9 posted on 09/07/2015 7:19:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cruz


10 posted on 09/07/2015 7:20:32 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

Col. Allen West


11 posted on 09/07/2015 7:24:10 PM PDT by KGeorge (HELL no, we AIN'T forgettin')
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To: SeekAndFind

Ted Nugent


12 posted on 09/07/2015 7:25:04 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Cruz is supreme court justice.

Carson surgeon general

I think Walker should stay governor

Trump/Gingrich, maybe

13 posted on 09/07/2015 7:25:27 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: SeekAndFind
A Jeb Bush or a John Kasich or a Marco Rubio.

Like George Herschel Walker Bush with Reagan? Enough already.

14 posted on 09/07/2015 7:25:39 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: SeekAndFind

Ummm... How about we get through until January or so? No hurry. Let the GOPe idiots disqualify themselves and the dems get more desperate before we give them the opportunity to do the opposition research.


15 posted on 09/07/2015 7:25:42 PM PDT by MortMan (The rule of law is now the law of rulings - Judicial, IRS, EPA...)
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To: SeekAndFind

TRANSLATION: We can’t get to Trump head-on, so we’ll try an end-run by attacking whomever he picks for his VP.


16 posted on 09/07/2015 7:26:24 PM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: knarf

Gingrich can bring his buddy Van Jones with him and they can work on those racist laws that are locking up all the innocent black folks.


17 posted on 09/07/2015 7:27:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ted Cruz. He’s needed to guide Trump through the Constitutional issues re all the things Trump wants to do. And, Cruz can write all the legislation .. and show Trump how to deal with the Congress.

And .. after 8 years, I want another person ready to take the helm .. for another 8 years.

It may take that long to put America back together.


18 posted on 09/07/2015 7:29:47 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: knarf

Trump an Gingrich are to much like each other, it would NEVER work they would be butting heads constantly!!! Trump NEEDS Cruz he is more likely to want to learn Trumps demeanor and no nonsense style!!!! The press would DESTROY the name of Gingrich on the ticket!!!! Waaaaaay to much baggage!!!!!


19 posted on 09/07/2015 7:29:50 PM PDT by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: SeekAndFind

He will be Hillary Clinton’s running mate. He is left of center. Always was, always will be.


20 posted on 09/07/2015 7:32:38 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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