Posted on 05/25/2016 4:37:35 PM PDT by nikos1121
The media still cant figure out why Newt Gingrich is at the very top of Donald Trumps VP list. A recent Slate article starts this way: Donald Trump selecting Newt Gingrich as his running mate would be insane. The writer asserts Gingrich would be the perfect pick for Trump, implying the GOP front-runner is crazy as well. Call Donald Trump a lot of things; crazy is not one of them. Controversial, audacious, sometimes brash and extreme all yes. But the primaries have showed Trump is a brilliant communicator and master tactician. Crazy like a fox, perhaps. Recently, I had lunch with a group of GOP billionaires and power brokers. The group had various feelings about Trump, pro and con. But all were dazzled by his ability to win a hotly contested Republican primary all by himself, as one of the attendees put it. (Billionaires hate spending money; thats how they become rich. So they admire Trump for his no-frills approach.) Trump doesnt think like a politician and that's been his greatest strength with the public. When a normal presidential candidate looks at picking a vice presidential running mate, the candidate usually weighs what a selection brings to the ticket. Does the prospect carry a state? Would a woman, black or Hispanic help with one of those groups? Those are the questions, and others, asked by the candidates and their closest advisers. Trump wouldnt ask those questions. He believes he is going to win this election himself. He will win women, blacks, and Hispanics by what he says and does.
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OTOH, Newt would make a great chief of staff.
ML/NJ
Can anyone imagine what it would be like if Newt debated Elizabeth Warren? That debate would have the same ratings as the Super Bowl.
why is the right wing media trying to push Gingrinch??
just let Trump name whoever he chooses whenever he pleases
I love Newt but! Two septuagenarians on the ticket is not the best idea I have heard this year.
Trump and a Marsha Blackburn for President and Newt Gingrich for Secretary of Ideas.
U R rite,and we won’t have a line from the Hag re 2 guys and 6 wives.....
The leader of the next biggest faction within the party? Or don’t you realize that?
Yep, Newt is the best choice he’s likely to make.
Selecting a General runs contrary to his claim to disentangle from engagements abroad.
Judging from the flak I’ve received here for promoting Newt these last 2 weeks, the only objectors are hard core Trump supporters.
This tells me Newt broadens the base.
We need a VP who can add to the election numbers, preferably in areas of weakness. Newt wouldn’t do that. I’m a massive Newt fan, but the VP office is still a pitcher of warm spit.
Petraeus would be a terrible choice.
I like that too. Neutralize the hags on the other side.
Tom Brady.
Trump keeps bringing him up as his good friend and he would put New England into play enough that Hilldawg would have to devote resources to defend what should be locked away electoral votes.
And between Trump's family and Brady's, she wouldn't get one second of free television time or a single magazine cover.
Gingrich for VP. Trump can show his commitment to fighting global warming and working with Nancy Pelosi.
Newt will STEP IN IT too many times. He’s simply too easy for the media to make fun of, as in this:
I agree that Cruz would be of no use and besides we don't need Glenn Beck running around inside the White House.
Thank you for forwarding. This is not a political selection for high school class VP. This is a necessary balance to the ticket. Trump listens. It comes out over and over. His Bravado is total show. He loves his country and he, like you and me , wants his country back. To do that , in reality, he must navigate the Washington and constitutional system. The Best in history at that was Newt. Clinton fell in line with Newt. The reason for that was Newt was right!! He understood the people wanted a CONTRACT!! a NO ,RUN TO THE HILLS, CONTRACT. We need Newt to navigate TRUMP!! Go TRUMP— Build that damned wall— I want to go there on this side!!~
I would like it to be Newt, but I intend to back anyone Trump chooses.
Folks, if you don’t know why Newt isn’t a good idea, please leave this issue to others.
Exactly my thought as well. He would be more powerful as CoS rather than VP
The next biggest faction is really a very small faction. That’s not a valid reason for putting him on the ticket.
Using that logic, Bernie would be better, he brings half the democrats.
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