Trump is already up there. He needs someone younger with him, younger but with great government experience to mollify those who worry about what happens if something happens to Trump. It doesn’t take a genius to see that.
And Trump is a media (and increasingly a political) genius. He probably saw it in the first 15 seconds he considered it.
I’m sure he likes Newt. What’s not to like? Always the smartest man in the room.
But his time for the Presidential Stage has passed and, frankly, he blew it in 2012. He should have been able to beat Putz Romney, and he couldn’t pull it off.
I agree with you insofar as picking a younger running mate would set up a potential successor down the line.
I could accept Newt (as if I have a choice), but I don’t think he’d be a good pick for a number of reasons.
I don’t have any use for Mike Pence because he endorsed Ted Cruz. That means he’s either an idiot or playing politics.