[Qiviut]

I recall Trump saying that for VP, he wanted someone with legislative experience (since he has none) who could help him get bills through Congress. Governors aren’t going to fit that criteria (Martinez, Brewer, Haley, Christie, etc.) & neither will people like Ben Carson. Maybe he has dumped legislative experience as a criteria now that he’s in the depths of the campaign & sees what/who most with “legislative” experience really are ... corruptocrats at best. Jeff Sessions seems to me to be the logical pick if Trump is still thinking the way he was earlier on. Trump doesn’t need a woman as his VP ... in fact, I personally think it would be a sign of PC pandering if he chose one.

[Snowybear]

As I read that all I can think of is one man.

Gingrich.

[DoodleDawg]

Jeff Sessions seems to me to be the logical pick if Trump is still thinking the way he was earlier on.

I'm not sure Sessions would want to give up a Senate seat for the vice-presidency, especially since he'd be 70 when sworn in. He could help Trump on the Hill.

Trump doesn’t need a woman as his VP ... in fact, I personally think it would be a sign of PC pandering if he chose one.

The gender of his vice-president is not going to help him or change who he is so trying to push a woman on him is counter productive.

[SueRae]

Exactly so. I like the idea of Jeff Sessions. Newt Gingrich would be good, too.

[MichaelCorleone]

“Trump doesn’t need a woman as his VP ... in fact, I personally think it would be a sign of PC pandering if he chose one.”

Agreed.

With the possible exception if that female was clearly of Margaret Thatcher quality, so there is no misunderstanding.

[Ancesthntr]

Trump can get the legislative experience from a Chief of Staff - think Gingrich.

Sessions is too old - same age as Trump, you don’t want to have the President and the Veep both in their 70s. That said, I respect Sessions a LOT, and he needs to play a role in the Trump Administration.

PC pandering? Yeah, maybe. But that criticism will last a couple of days assuming that it is someone with some gravitas (i.e. not a Sarah Palin, with 2 years as Gov.). Then there will be the reality that he named a woman to be a heartbeat away - it’ll dispel the false notion that he’s anti-woman.