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Ben Carson Drops Out of Running for VP, Suggests a Democrat Could Be Selected
Complex ^ | May 5, 2016 | Amanda Wicks

Posted on 05/05/2016 5:35:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Now that he has very likely secured the GOP presidential nomination, Donald Trump has turned his attention to a running mate. Trump brought Ben Carson on board to help him decide on a VP nominee, but don't count on it being Carson. The former Republican presidential candidate announced Thursday he was taking himself out of the running. When asked who Trump was considering, Carson reportedly mentioned a wide candidate pool that could include Democrats.

Carson told The Wall Street Journal, "We would consider people who are Americans and who put America first." If that includes a Democratic name, the chances of Trump bringing together an increasingly divided GOP party seem almost impossible.

In fact, who Trump ends up choosing will be important, considering Paul Ryan's remarks about needing the presumptive presidential nominee to unify the GOP. It's entirely possible that, once he gets to the Republican National Convention in July, the delegates won't accept his choice.

Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski doesn't think that's likely, though. "I can’t imagine any scenario where the GOP nominee doesn’t have the opportunity to pick his own vice-presidential candidate," he said.

Regarding his decision to drop out as an option for vice president, Carson said: "I’m not interested in doing that for a number of reasons. I don’t want to be a distraction. I’m sure you remember how crazy the media was about me, I don’t want to be a distraction, it’s too important a time in our life."

In March, Trump's former rival endorsed him for president. "There’s two different Donald Trumps," he said at the time. "There’s the one you see on stage and then the one that’s very cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully."


TOPICS: Florida; New York; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bencarson; carson; cruzlimjihad; election2016; florida; newyork; tdsisback; tdsregroup; trump
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To: Defiant

Webb could be involved in a capacity dealing with the military active duty or reserves.


41 posted on 05/05/2016 6:04:05 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: doug from upland

No, I don’t like Webb at all, but I will say this: he would be better than Kasich.


42 posted on 05/05/2016 6:04:12 PM PDT by Defiant (On to landslide!)
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To: ifinnegan

She supports Bernie. Buddhist is not an issue, The Bern is...


43 posted on 05/05/2016 6:05:15 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: chris37

Sheriff Clark would be a dream ticket !!! Allen West another dream ticket!!!!


44 posted on 05/05/2016 6:05:53 PM PDT by Kit cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: doug from upland

He is a dem because he agrees with the Dems over 90% of the time. Webb is a pro abortion, big spending guy who was a great soldier and is not a nut on gun control. But he is a nut on CO2 and a DREAM Act kind of guy.


45 posted on 05/05/2016 6:05:55 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: doug from upland

He is a dem because he agrees with the Dems over 90% of the time. Webb is a pro abortion, big spending guy who was a great soldier and is not a nut on gun control. But he is a nut on CO2 and a DREAM Act kind of guy.


46 posted on 05/05/2016 6:05:59 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s not what you said before. According to you, NBC requires to citizen parents and a US birth. You refused to agree with anything Jim said for the last 12 months, why are you starting now?


47 posted on 05/05/2016 6:07:08 PM PDT by Defiant (On to landslide!)
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To: al baby

Nonsense article, phony headline, no quote like that from Carson anywhere in the article. You try too hard.


48 posted on 05/05/2016 6:07:49 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: BigEdLB

Bernie isn’t going to win the nomination.

(I agree it is unlikely this Tulsi person will be Trump’s running mate. But it is the scuttlebutt).


49 posted on 05/05/2016 6:08:34 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: goodwithagun

Love Zell Miller!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXSQ5BX6YXg

2004 RNC Speech rocked the house.


50 posted on 05/05/2016 6:08:48 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It's entirely possible that, once he gets to the Republican National Convention in July, the delegates won't accept his choice.

If Donald Trump picks a Democrat for his VP, why should the Republican Party give him the nomination?
51 posted on 05/05/2016 6:09:31 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: ifinnegan

I agree she is an attractive lady... Mixed European and some South Pacific Islander mix... I think Samoan


52 posted on 05/05/2016 6:10:41 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Kit cat

“Allen West another dream ticket!!!!”

That would work if Trump has Newt as Chief of Staff to help with Congress.


53 posted on 05/05/2016 6:14:58 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Love Zell!


54 posted on 05/05/2016 6:16:11 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: BigEdLB

I agree with that.


55 posted on 05/05/2016 6:18:42 PM PDT by Defiant (On to landslide!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Carson told The Wall Street Journal, "We would consider people who are Americans and who put America first." If that includes a Democratic name, the chances of Trump bringing together an increasingly divided GOP party seem almost impossible."

What makes anyone think Trump is worried about "dividing" the GOP? Isn't his whole appeal to be an non-establishment outsider? Wouldn't it be perfectly in character for him to select a Democrat running mate-- one that purports to "put America first"?

I can't believe that any sane person considers Trump any kind of Conservative. Trump is mostly a liberal, but he's also a populist running under the Republican banner, who has made himself attractive to disillusioned Conservatives by tapping in to many big issues we care strongly about. Let's be honest here.

On the other hand, if he chose a Democrat as VP, wouldn't it explode as many heads among Democrats as it would among Republican voters? It would certainly make things even more interesting.

56 posted on 05/05/2016 6:22:20 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: papertyger

“I’m down with him on the reinstatement of dueling ;o)”

I have been saying that for years! Dueling would make social discourse much more respectful and decent...


57 posted on 05/05/2016 6:26:03 PM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jim Webb.


58 posted on 05/05/2016 6:27:07 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: chris37

Isn’t Clint Eastwood eighty?


59 posted on 05/05/2016 6:28:05 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; ConservativeTeen; AuH2ORepublican; randita; ...

No. Hard no.

A couple people on this thread seem to be entertaining the notion. WTF?


60 posted on 05/05/2016 6:31:35 PM PDT by Impy (Did you know "Hillary" spelled backwards is "Bitch"?)
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