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Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump’s running mate
The Washington Post ^ | June 30, 2016 | Robert Costa and Karen Tumulty

Posted on 06/30/2016 5:49:53 PM PDT by monkapotamus

Donald Trump’s campaign has begun formally vetting possible running mates, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich emerging as the leading candidate, followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. But there are more than a half-dozen others being discussed as possibilities, according to several people with knowledge of the process.

Given Trump’s unpredictability, campaign associates caution that the presumptive Republican nominee could still shake up his shortlist. But with little more than two weeks before the start of the Republican National Convention, Gingrich and Christie have been asked to submit documents and are being cast as favorites for the post inside the campaign. Gingrich in particular is the beneficiary of a drumbeat of support from Trump confidants such as Ben Carson...

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: christie; newt; trump
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1 posted on 06/30/2016 5:49:54 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: monkapotamus

Like they know.

Christie has bridge to sell them.


2 posted on 06/30/2016 5:50:54 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: monkapotamus

Fill me in on Mike Pence. I read a little about him and he sounded pretty solid. I like Sessions, but fear he’s a bit too old.


3 posted on 06/30/2016 5:51:01 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: monkapotamus

#NeverChristie


4 posted on 06/30/2016 5:51:19 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: monkapotamus

Two fatty mcfat faces? I doubt it. Trump, out of all of us, knows the importance of good optics.


5 posted on 06/30/2016 5:51:53 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: monkapotamus

Plus I think Gingrich is too volatile. I like listening to him, as a rule, but then he goes and says something really stupid, just to surprise people.


6 posted on 06/30/2016 5:52:13 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Diogenesis

NO CHRISTY NOT NO HELL NO!!!!!!


7 posted on 06/30/2016 5:52:32 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: monkapotamus

I see Gingrich as more of a Chief of Staff guy.


8 posted on 06/30/2016 5:54:11 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: monkapotamus

It’s pretty much an open secret that it will be Sessions.


9 posted on 06/30/2016 5:54:38 PM PDT by proust (Trump/Sessions 2016!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

He’d be a phenomenal attack dog and he won 20 percent of blacks last time around.

I know a lot of people in swing state PA that like him.

We can worry about him being president later.


10 posted on 06/30/2016 5:54:42 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: monkapotamus

A Washington Post “wet dream” column. They want losers for Trump, not winners.

Gingrich had his day and Christie will never have his day. Just look at New Jersey and say, “Do we want this for the rest of America”?


11 posted on 06/30/2016 5:54:49 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Yeah Right...ROFL...Washington Post have no credentials to prove what Trump is doing, he took them away...

We don't know who Trump's V.P. is going to be, and won't until the Convention...it just Gauls their butts not knowing what they never knew in the first place!!!

12 posted on 06/30/2016 5:55:55 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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Yeah Right...ROFL...Washington Post have no credentials to prove what Trump is doing, he took them away...

We don't know who Trump's V.P. is going to be, and won't until the Convention...it just Gauls their butts not knowing what they never knew in the first place!!!

13 posted on 06/30/2016 5:55:55 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: monkapotamus

Newt would be a good choice.


14 posted on 06/30/2016 5:56:05 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: monkapotamus

NO BLIMPS


15 posted on 06/30/2016 5:56:27 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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To: JudyinCanada

I just cant get past that Stepford wife with the helmet hair of Gingrichs. Whomever told her that look was GOOD on her......LIED


16 posted on 06/30/2016 5:56:32 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: Diogenesis

Not Christie.
AG slot maybe, but not VPOTUS.


17 posted on 06/30/2016 5:56:42 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: monkapotamus

Christie used to work for Bernie Madoff. Trump is not much of a Republican, but if he picks Christie he will turn off the conservative Republican vote.


18 posted on 06/30/2016 5:57:13 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: monkapotamus

No and No.


19 posted on 06/30/2016 5:57:37 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: dp0622
Cristie is a gun grabber....

Period.

20 posted on 06/30/2016 5:58:30 PM PDT by Osage Orange (FUBAR)
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