Watched the full Pence on Hannity interview. Some thoughts.
Some moderates are upset, at least some over on Trump Reddit because of him on social issues. That's not a problem for me. That's the one area where I like Pence, although his reversal on the religious freedom bill is a disappointment as is his rape/incest exception. I know Trump has that position, but I just thought a pro-life stalwart like Pence who truly knows the issue would realize the humanity of the child and the child's right to life even in the horrible circumstance. That said, Trump is on the top of the ticket anyway, and it will be his policy that goes.
There are moderates who came into the party to vote for Trump who think they have taken the party over and can turn the party into Dem lite on social issues. No, they can't do that. If they want to come into the party that's fine, but the party shouldn't have to change its core tenets. You know that the Democrats would never adopt social conservative issues for Independents.
There is one woman who is a co-chair for Trump who claims she is not supporting Trump now because, well here are her reasons:
I was @realdonaldtrump supporter since day 1, can't support Pence's policies. I stepped down as Trump's Veterans Coalition CoChair CD31 TX
https://twitter.com/MarieLeff
Marie @MarieLeff 58m58 minutes ago
@KLM_blessed
TPP
NAFTA
Iraq
Amnesty
Anti-gay/discrimination
Medicaid Expansion
...just to name a few....
Not surprisingly, she's getting some praise...from Democrats. A read of her feed shows her big thing seems to be the gay issue, so she's another independent who wants to turn the Republican Party Dem lite in that area.
My issues with him were addressed on Hannity. The good and bad.
Iraq - Trump has attacked Hillary for voting to go into Iraq. He has lost that attack line. Not only did Pence vote to go in, he doesn't regret his decision. Now he and Trump can find common ground on the fact that we left too soon, but that will hurt something Trump can attack Hillary on.
Immigration - Pence did come out in support of the wall, even saying Mexico is going to pay for it. He says he is opposed to amnesty. My concern is still there regarding touch back amnesty. I remain skeptical after reading this, but we'll see:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/15/pence-s-love-affair-with-immigration-reform.html
Trade - It was touched on briefly. He said he supports Trump making good trade deals, but unless I missed it (I might have), did he say whether or not he still supports NAFTA, TPP, etc.? I didn't hear him say he didn't.
Muslim Ban - He indicated, as Trump indicated in his speech that he wanted to restrict or stop immigration from countries with high instance of terrorism. Pence said he supports that. That's good.
I am still conflicted on him, not that it matters at this point. What is done is done. I just want someone who is going to support Trump and his policies. We don't need someone like Ryan who claims he supports Trump and then turns right away and sticks in the knife.
For the record, I did see one Never Trump Republican switch his support to Trump, so there's that.
I’m perfectly fine with Pence. I knew all along it would not be Newt. Trump in a Yuuuge Landslide/Tsunami!