I couldn’t trust Vance as VP after some of the horrible things he said about Trump.
They said it because they didn’t know how Trump was going to govern. After they saw it Rhey got on board for 2020.
“...some of the horrible things he said about Trump.”
Honestly, I used to feel the same way, and I’m sure the Dems would try to use Vance’s own pre-2017 words against the campaign. But, you know, counterintuitively that’s what might make Vance the best pick of this list.
Polls have indicated that there’s a cohort of voters out there that the media has dubbed “double haters,” folks who dislike both Trump and Biden. What better way to peel off some of that group than have a guy on the ticket who can say, “Yes, I too was initially put off by some aspects of his style and rhetoric, but you know what? That was before he was in office. Once he had the top job, he did a damned good job for the American people. I saw that, so I changed my mind about him. This election isn’t about personality. It’s about doing the right thing and picking the best candidate for the American people. And that’s Trump.”
Another aspect at play is the fact that Vance is in that white midwest, rust-belt demographic that will be important in winning the swing states.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Vance’s former work in venture capital in San Francisco resulted connections to the Silicon Valley donor class. After meeting with Don Jr a while back, Vance has apparently been leveraging those ties to broker tens of millions of dollars in tech fundraising for the campaign. Remember, Trump is a business guy and fundraising prowess is going to count for something.
For these reasons, my gut feeling is that, at this point, Vance is the frontrunner as the VP pick.