As does Newt. He’s already backtracked on his Muslim comments and “clarified” them. Pence is a solid if unspectacular choice, but we should all look at Trump’s selection and see the CEO in action.
Trump sets the strategy and vision, but he has little to no experience in passing legislation, and probably doesn’t care one bit about the nuts and bolts. He told us he was going to get a “political” person to help him with the legislative part of the job, and he got about the best person available to do that.
Newt was a master legislator but is undisciplined. and weekly, Newt would be stirring up another controversy. Newt is the absolute worst person you could have had for VP because he would view his role as a co-Presidency. Christie would be better than Newt, but you already have 1 executive in Trump, why would you need two?
The basic facts are that most of the GOP outright sucks. It is full of cheap labor hacks, pro amnesty shills, and Chamber of Commerce sell outs. There is nobody out there like Trump otherwise they would be nominee and not Trump. So Trump is the CEO and Pence will be the COO. Pence was the least worst option that perfectly fulfilled Trump’s greatest weakness. Be thankful you just saw a great CEO make a pick that will help him implement his agenda for the good of the country. Trump also learned from business that the person who beats you in a deal or steals one from you may be the next person you partner with, which is why he could care less that Pence endorsed Cruz.
That analysis was masterful; thank you.
There were other options. Sessions was an option. Rick Santorum was too. He ran against free trade in 2012 and was tough on immigration. Not to mention, he could have gotten the social conservative vote. He worked in the Senate, so he would know how to get bills passed. As far as Christie, at least he has been loyal and supported Trump from early on, not once bashing him to the press.