Trump is conservative enough; he needs a moderate like Christie for balance.
Just my impression from reading Free Republic, I get the impression that nobody who has been mentioned as a VP candidate is good enough.
Or to look at another way, everybody who has been mentioned, people here cite shortcomings of that person, and that said person should be disqualified.
Just an observation. I will get behind whoever Trump picks. I hope others do the same.
No Joni Ernst!
She’s not that conservative. I wish he’d search using the ACU’s website first to look for the Congresscritters who have a 100% record of voting to uphold the Constitution.
Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst, Mike Pence....in that order.
Selected Trump articles on FR, from 10:00 PM yesterday to 12:30 PM EST today, 7/04/16:
Trump Tweets Fuel VP Speculation, Cites Joni Ernst, Mike Pence, Tom Cotton –CNN
Ernst on Trump's VP list, sources say –CNN
Wake Up America - Jon McNaughton (video)
No, Loretta Lynch Was Not 'Ambushed' by Bill Clinton –Amer.Thinker
Obama to tell foe-to-friend story at Hillary Clinton event [freep the comments section, folks] –DailyMail
Associated Press Hides Democrats’ Hatred of African Americans –Townhall
PolitiFact: Fact-checking Hillary Clinton's claim she never sent, received classified information on personal email –TampaBayTimes
History Repeating? Hillary Has Knack for Eluding Jail –Jerome R. Corsi
Charlie Daniels in West Georgia endorses Trump (vanity)
16 Charts: America the Most Amazing Country in the World –BizInsider
National Polling Results (Hillary 50%, Trump 50%) –OAN/Gravis
Gingrich wins Western straw poll for Trump running mate –Wash.Times
Milo Yiannopoulos: 50% of Gays Will Vote for Trump after Orlando Massacre (video)
Huma Abedin admits that Clinton burned daily schedules –NYPost
Pence discusses meeting with Trump –WISH
Trump taps into manufacturing regions to extract Democrat voters –Guardian
24-Year-Old Latina Campaigns for Trump on South Texas Border: ‘He’s Right about Everything He Says’ –KTLA
Women United for Trump Event, Bradenton, FL with Diamond & Silk [6/25] (video)
As he moves forward on his campaign, Trump is using rope-a-dope tactics to disarm the left. I expect The Donald to interview Bruce Jenner soon, and wouldn’t blame him for doing so. ;-)
Trump/Pirro 2016!
I realize this a VP thread, but I’d sure like to see John (the ‘stache) Bolton as Secretary of State!
Iowa is leaning Republican. Trump needs EVs. This most likely gets him 6 EVs that was going to go to Clinton. He’s going to need every single EV he can get which is why he was up in Bangor trying to get the one EV in the Second CD of Maine.
Any of the above would be acceptable. I prefer about a half dozen people not on the list: SARAH, Dave Brat, Rand Paul, Brett Sessions, Paul LePage, and Jan Brewer. But any of the people mentioned would be fine.
Is Trey Gowdy available?
why does he feel he needs to pick a woman...thats being politically correct to me
Again, it is about getting things through the Senate. Joni has been their long enough.You can find my post on the case for Rand Paul. Also Burr from N.C. imho has got the Senate chops he needs. I am not buying the dog and pony vetting show. I want to know who they are truly looking at, my guess is that closer too the vest thsn we know....
I didn’t think Cotton was terribly wild about Trump. He went to that meeting at Sea Island with the rest of the anti-Trumpers. Perhaps that was just cover - and knowing the enemy.
TRUMP plays rope a dope for the press.
Ernst and Cotton are mush when it comes to throwing off the shackles of RINO leadership and the globalist strings that are tightly binding all Republican workings on the Hill.
Neither have the independent courage to buck the RINO bridle off and saddle up with TRUMP with any sure loyalty.
Padding their resume with Cruz first, tells me a lot. They both tested the direction of the political winds and thought they prevailed with Shakespeare. Turns out they were wrong.
If loyalty matters, it will be first, Sessions, and second, Christie, for VP. That’s just the way things have shaken out on the loyalty trail.
TRUMP is going to need loyalty desperately given the forces aligned against him.
NO PERSON from the Senate should be picked. Why? Because we need to retain the senate to be able to ditch Mitch from the majority leadership...if the senate is retained by the “republicans” in office.
The house is another matter.
Mr. Trump how about Gov. Mary Fallin?
He might pick Florida gov. Rick Scott in order to nail down Florida’s electoral votes. Who knows.