An amazing number of conservative and moderate Republicans who dislike Trump despite the fact fact that he gave them everything they have wanted for the last 40 years because they hate his “confrontational” style( despite the fact that this Trumpian penchant for confrontation was the main reason he was able to deliver on 40 years of unfulfilled Republican policy promises that they loved so much)
All of these misguided and misinformed Republicans seem to absolutely love Niki Haley for some strange reason.
And they dislike Trump enough to not vote for him. This would change if Haley were on the ticket.
And lets face it, the only VP candidate who could be counted on 100% to not stab Trump in the back once in office is my favorite- Kari Lake. But Kari is even more polarizing than Trump and she would probably not be much help on the ticket. Plus she has a pretty darn good chance of winning a much needed Senate seat in Az
My sentimental favorite would be Tucker Carlson but he has the same limitations as Kari.
Kristy Noem is a pretty decent Gov but although she is a woman, she is not the right type of woman, so she does help with the fickle neurotic suburban female vote all that much and she hails from a small safe Republican state so she really does not help electorally.
Desantis is a non starter because he has destroyed his brand to no good purpose which kind of sucks
And despite all of her negatives, Haley is too much of an ambitious squish to try to go against Trump so he could keep her in line rather easily.
This is one more reason why Kristi Noem fits the bill perfectly.
She is the only person on earth that can turn the south blue.