I’ll still say that Trump needs to think outside the box. Any establishment Republicans won’t move the needle on Independents and soft Democrats.
He needs to try and tap into that crowd to help get over the finish line. May not be needed, but the higher the votes he can pull, the hard the stealing and cheating will be. And there will be cheating, and we know the GOP doesn’t have the fight within themselves to address it.
I’ll still go on record as saying I think Tulsi could be the person to help get him over the finish line. I know Ben Carson is a favorite of some, and we know his credentials, but he also seems too much a nice guy and not someone I’d want in a real scrap of I had a choice.
There are a lot of reasons to like Tulsi Gabbard, but some disqualifiers too:
For one thing, last I looked she was awfully “green”. (environmental policies)
Gabbard talks a lot about freedom, and seems to have “flipped” somewhat on the 2nd Amendment (much more “pro” 2A) but is she really solid on the 2A?
How would she go about reducing the role of gov’t in our lives?
How would Tulsi REALLY whack REAL inflation, and how would she get our oil and gas production where it needs to be? (Total US independence from all foreign sources except Canada, plus very strong exports from the Americas.)
Gabbard talks a lot about US spending on the MIC, but, take out the sending of mostly old weapons to Ukraine and even now we are barely keeping up with inflation (and not even the true inflation numbers) and are spending at near historically low levels since WW2. How does this comport with, well, China? (Of note, the Biden Admin cut defense spending vs. GDP in its 1st 2 years.)
I really see no evidence Gabbard can think long term when it comes to foreign relations. Depending on what the US does, how does Europe play out in 10 years? 20 years? Longer? - assuming she hasn’t brought on extreme instability and arms races leading to the nuclear war she so fears.
She’s clearly afraid of Putin.
How will Gabbard deal with Xi?
Gabbard has essentially no experience running a large organization.
How does Gabbard propose to manage this herd of cats on the “right”? (Well, at least cracks are showing in the Dems, too...)
Don’t get me wrong, imo all the possible VP candidates have serious policy and / or other liabilities, with maybe the exception of Dr. Carson, and with him there’s the issue of “fire”, and to some extent, age, in 2028.
Tulsi might be the biggest help in THIS election?