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Trump’s New Running Mate Imperative
WSJ ^ | July 7, 2024 | Editorial Board

Posted on 07/07/2024 7:24:53 PM PDT by BurgessKoch

The need for stability and experience should eliminate the young MAGA-in-a-hurry types like Sen. J.D. Vance or Members of the House.

As the GOP convention nears, and voters focus on the election, the race remains closer than it should be given Mr. Biden’s infirmities. Swing voters still worry about Mr. Trump and the possibility of four more years of turmoil. The former President can help his campaign, and the country, by projecting stability and calm.

We know many readers will think this is impossible, and maybe it is. Yet he showed admirable restraint after the debate last week, letting Democrats implode, until his profane golf-cart outburst.

The opportunity is there to present a reassuring alternative if Mr. Trump wants to take it. And he has a timely opening to send that message with his vice presidential choice in the next week. Now leading in the polls, he doesn’t need an attack-dog VP or someone to rally his core voters. He needs a choice who shows mature judgment and has the ability to appeal to anxious and undecided voters.

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin would bring governing experience in a swing state that may be competitive this year. He has business experience and would speak to suburban voters. Mr. Youngkin hasn’t been on Mr. Trump’s short list, but the race has fundamentally changed since the debate. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a reputation for competence and broad foreign-policy experience.

Of those on the mooted short list, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum also brings executive experience and a history of business success and knowledge about the economy. Marco Rubio is a more familiar national figure, but as a Senator he has no executive experience and his past criticism of Mr. Trump will play in a loop on TV ads and social media.

The need for stability and experience should eliminate the young MAGA-in-a-hurry types like Sen. J.D. Vance or Members of the House. They lack experience and wouldn’t be a reassuring contrast to Vice President Kamala Harris.

Republicans are understandably giddy about the Democratic troubles, but the country remains closely divided, and the election is a long way from over. Democrats may find a way to nominate a more formidable candidate than Mr. Biden, and they are likely to unite behind whoever it is. Mr. Trump needs a running mate who causes voters to stop and say: Yes, that person could be a good President.

1 posted on 07/07/2024 7:24:53 PM PDT by BurgessKoch
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To: BurgessKoch

I think it should be Dr. Ben Carson. He’ll help with the state of Michigan, and he’ll bring more of the Black vote over to Trump. Plus, we wouldn’t need to fill a governorship, or senate seat.


2 posted on 07/07/2024 7:26:34 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: BurgessKoch
No Establishment Republicans.

They are closet Never Trumpers who stick the knife in like Judas Pence.

3 posted on 07/07/2024 7:31:55 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: EvilCapitalist

I love Carson but he’s a little too squishy for me. Trump needs a fighter who is loyal to him and has gone through fire because of it.


4 posted on 07/07/2024 7:31:57 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: BurgessKoch

How do any of these entice Independents and Democrats?


5 posted on 07/07/2024 7:32:27 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024 or Trump & Sanders 2024)
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To: BurgessKoch

It should be EXACTLY what the Murdochs do not want. It should not be a RINO establishment type. It should be JD Vance....somebody the Deep State would fear as much as president Trump.


6 posted on 07/07/2024 7:33:02 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: EvilCapitalist

Woman or black. I like Stefanik. Dr Carson is too old and too mild mannered


7 posted on 07/07/2024 7:36:14 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BurgessKoch

C’mon people. It’s going to be Tim Scott. Anyone with a brain knows this. And I think he will be great.


8 posted on 07/07/2024 7:40:19 PM PDT by piytar (Remember Ashli Babbitt and Rosanne Boyland!)
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To: BurgessKoch

Translation; The GOPe wants to install their Bush for Reagan, or their Pence to Trump.


9 posted on 07/07/2024 7:41:08 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: EvilCapitalist
I think it should be Dr. Ben Carson. He’ll help with the state of Michigan, and he’ll bring more of the Black vote over to Trump.

There is nothing more hated by the left than a Black conservative. Look at how they treat Justice Thomas. They call them house n----s. Black women are a lost cause. They are the most hate-filled idiots I've ever come across. And the way white liberal women disparage black conservatives is the most hypocritical thing I've witnessed. A Black republican on the ticket doesn't attract a significant amount of black voters simply because of their race.

10 posted on 07/07/2024 7:42:35 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: piytar

Horrible. War monger like Graham. And last I heard he’s never tamed a woman yet. We can do much better than him.


11 posted on 07/07/2024 7:42:36 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: BurgessKoch
I nominate Victor Davis Hanson, Thomas Sowell, or Mark Steyn.

I know, I'm dreaming.

12 posted on 07/07/2024 7:43:08 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: piytar
C’mon people. It’s going to be Tim Scott. Anyone with a brain knows this. And I think he will be great.

Tim Scott said on tv last week that the 2020 election was fair.

13 posted on 07/07/2024 7:43:48 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: EvilCapitalist

Dr. Ben Carson

+++++!!!!!


14 posted on 07/07/2024 7:44:47 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: piytar

my gut, too, says it will be tim scott ... there are worse choices ... many as a matter of fact ...


15 posted on 07/07/2024 7:44:57 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: BurgessKoch

“Swing voters still worry about Mr. Trump and the possibility of four more years of turmoil.”

The turmoil was Trump calling out the press on their lies and about which he was shown to be right. Biden has caused much more turmoil than Trump did.


16 posted on 07/07/2024 7:45:00 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (A vote for Biden in 2024 is a vote for President Kamala Harris in 2025.)
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To: DesertRhino

You nailed it.

Any suggestion fr the WSJ needs to viewed with immense skepticism.


17 posted on 07/07/2024 7:46:24 PM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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To: Lizavetta
Besides, Sowell is 94 years old.

-PJ

18 posted on 07/07/2024 7:47:11 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: BurgessKoch
Top establishment picks:

Mike Pompeo, Rubio and Haley

19 posted on 07/07/2024 7:48:28 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: BurgessKoch
Yes, that person could be a good President.

That's a complete load of BS. Historically very few VP's ever go on to assume the responsibilities of the presidency except in a dire emergency. There are no rigid job qualifications for the Office of the Presidency, and to pretend there are is always the Democrat Party's favorite game to play. So yeah, the WSJ opens its leftist mouth once again.

20 posted on 07/07/2024 7:50:06 PM PDT by 4Runner
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