Heidi Heitkamp or Joe Manchin would be a sly choice on the part of The Donald. It would remove at least one vote the Democrats could possibly use for various obstructions in the Senate, and the replacement for either of them, to be nominated by Republican governors or legislatures, would almost certainly be a Republican rather than a Democrat, further shifting the balance in the Senate.
Trump is playing a long game of chess, while the Democrats are pursuing Tiddlywinks. And missing the cup just about every time.
Perry is helping to fund a Mexican owned oil pipeline being built across W TX from the Permian Basin oil patch to Mexico. This was a shady deal from the get-go, and the ranchers in that area are not happy with the project at all.
West Virginia has a Democrat governor.
Trump is playing a long game of chess, while the Democrats are pursuing Tiddlywinks. And missing the cup just about every time.
I'm pretty sure that the Democrats, Heitkamp and Machin in particular, are well aware of the fact that the only reason they're under consideration is that they are Democrat senators. And they also have to know that they have a better chance of re-election in 2018 than still being in the cabinet in 2018.