if, as is sometimes said, the first rule of VP is “do no harm” then I think Pence suffices. He does no harm.
Newt does serious harm. In fact, I’d say it is impossible for Trump to win with Newt.
I hope it’s Pence. Or Ernst. Or Christie. Or someone else.
Joni Ernst is fine on the issues, but she is a neophyte senator, and what Trump needs is experience and influence in Washington to reassure the undecideds who like Trump but don’t think he would be effective. So, Sessions or Gingrich.
Chris Christie?
Seriously???
Must be someone on the side of the citizens and the rule of law.
No cheap labor importers.
Anyone who has previously supported amnesty and voted against border security and enforcement will undermine the main issue that will get Trump elected.
Michael Flynn it will be.
Of the ones made public, I’d select Cotton with Ernst a far distant second. I don’t consider any of the others acceptable. Newt - the Contract With America Newt - could be good but his multiple personality disorder and tender ego make him a timebomb just waiting to go off.
The FIRST issue isn’t WHO but WHAT.
WHAT is the single most important criteria for Trump’s VP? Someone who can take over the Presidency in eight years to continue the job of reinstating political freedom and the Constitution as the Rule of law in America.
Trump’s VP must be a person who in eights years, is ready, willing, and able to lead the effort to dismantle the unconstitutional 80% of the $4 trillion central government, leaving it the size of about $800 billion. Get rid of most of the unconstitutional cabinet bureaucracies. Nuke the utterly unconstitutional Administrative State from which all these unilateral, tyrannical, unconstitutional, and obnoxious executive laws (”regulations”) come from. Send hundreds of thousands of government workers, bureaucratic heads, and officials home packing. Sad day for them, but a great day for America and our Free Constitutional Republic.
Otherwise, this “Trump Movement” will be merely a speed bump on the Road to Serfdom as Hayek put it and as the Regan Revolution turned out to be because of the short-sighted choice of Bush as VP. Trump CANNOT make the same mistake.
WHO it is should be IMO, consistent with the anti-establishment push of this movement. Trump should pick an “unknown” - a talented, wise, and wealthy non-politician who loves America, probably a good businessman, who has a fire in his belly to do away with political correctness and tyranny and to put the central government into its constitutional cage. He’ll have eight years to figure out what he needs to know about the job. Also, a wealthy person, like Washington, Reagan, and Trump, would be less tempted to cash in on political expediency because he is already wealthy.
I still think Alan West would be a fine choice.
As much as I wish it was going to be Newt in my heart I think its going to be Pence.
I could go with Pence
I could go with Newt. Newt is the smartest and most forward looking of any in Washington. He would make a very good advisor to act in a non official capacity. Having him close by would be suitable
It will not be Gingrich. He is a great man, would bring many good things to the Trump administration, but would bring few votes to the election.
Gingrich as chief policy advisor or something akin to that. A “power behind the throne”, a Karl Rove type job.
The VP has one job; Help the P get elected. Jodi Ernst is perfect for that.
I supported newt in 2012, but don’t don’t believe newt is someone I would select this year. He’s good in the cabinet, but not someone I would tap for second in command and to take the reigns after two Trump terms. The vp pick needs to be groomed and ready for another eight years. Newt is no spring chicken.
I think Trump picks a woman. Maybe Ernst. Perhaps a woman who hasn’t been discussed yet. Two “white” guys are going to have a rough go, even with a maverick like Trump on top of it. It’s an unfortunate fact that most women wI’ll automatically choose a flawed woman over a man out of a perceived sense of duty to their gender. By selecting a female running mate, Trump takes away some of Crooked Hillary’s “historical narrative” and his female running mate will insulate him for when he really needs to take off the gloves.
I hate this kind of pandering where suddenly a ticket has to have a woman or racial minority on it. But it’s the world we live in. My feeling is that Trump will at least choose a woman on her merits and not just for her body parts.
Congressman Jim Jordan from Ohio!!!
Keep it in the family.
I know neither is a NBC, but after Cruz, Rubio, Jindal, and Barry, that doesn't matter.
