I don’t think there is a ticket out there that can win 55/45 against the Democrats. It’s just not in the realm of possibility.
First, I don’t think it’s a clinch that Clinton will be the nominee. The legal problems keep getting more and more serious, and the dam will break soon. If Sanders runs, he will actually pull a little better than Clinton in the more liberal States. Won’t affect the electoral positions, but will affect the national popular vote.
Second, there are 45% of Americans that actually like the way the country is going. RCP average of Obama’s job approval over the last year has consistently been between 48 and 52%. This is not a population that is begging for change from the status quo.
Third, Trump and Clinton both have huge negatives and almost 100% name recognition. Not a lot of movement toward support, so the numbers in a head-to-head match up will put both around 46% base support, leaving only 8% of the population to make the decision.
With that, a Trump/Cruz ticket would consolidate, and motivate, a large section of the Republican base.
A Trump/Rubio or Trump/Kasich would consolidate and motivate a smaller section of the Republican base.
My personal hope would be a Trump/Cruz ticket. It would be provide a strong team against either a very wounded and vulnerable Clinton run or a very enthusiastic, yet overly liberal, Sanders run.
But we may see something like a Trump/Martinez or a Trump/Daniels ticket.
Daniels. Uh huh. You don’t know why he declined to run for President this year, do you...
Trump is like unto a turd. Trying to dilute him with ANY VP is going to fail. How much water do you need to add to a turd to make the concoction drinkable?
I really don’t know, but I don’t think 50-50 will cut it. Maybe one Trump in the House of Representatives might not make a huge difference in the overall odor.
Perhaps he should start there.
Except the candidates will be Biden/Warren.
Before the Thursday debate, my wife was die hard Trump and I was for Cruz.
During the first part of the debate, I began to consider Trump as my choice, until the “Little Marco” charade by Trump.
Afterwards my wife now refuses to consider Trump as a choice, now leaning toward Kusich and I’m still in a quandry.
The debates are destroying the likelihood of any one candidate to be a successful Presidential candidate.
None of them are Presidential.