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For the not so small GOP anti-Trump crowd such as myself, if Trump ends up being the GOP nominee, his VP choice may make the difference between holding their nose and voting for him or refusing to vote for him in whatever form it takes. So who should he not consider and why?
For instance, I will start with someone who stands behind him at speeches, Chris Christie. He is temperamentally too much like Trump, comes from the same region of the country, and isn't popular with the establishment crowd either. He would be more of a hindrance than a help.
Another I would put on the list is Kasich, but for a different reason. He has no qualms about stabbing someone in the back. Regardless of what you think about candidates working together to prevent another candidate from winning, Kasich did come to that agreement. Supposedly he did it right before Florida, but he definitely just made that deal with Cruz. The deal was he would walk away from Indiana and Cruz would from New Mexico and Oregon because the only chance either of them have is to prevent Trump from winning. Yet, a mere couple of hours later he said his supporters in Indiana should still vote for him. That says some nasty things about his character and scruples, plus indicates a VP that would be willing to not support what a president he served under was trying to achieve if it meant getting a leg up for himself.
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For the not so small GOP anti-Trump crowd such as myself, if Trump ends up being the GOP nominee, his VP choice may make the difference between holding their nose and voting for him or refusing to vote for him in whatever form it takes. So who should he not consider and why?
For instance, I will start with someone who stands behind him at speeches, Chris Christie. He is temperamentally too much like Trump, comes from the same region of the country, and isn't popular with the establishment crowd either. He would be more of a hindrance than a help.
Another I would put on the list is Kasich, but for a different reason. He has no qualms about stabbing someone in the back. Regardless of what you think about candidates working together to prevent another candidate from winning, Kasich did come to that agreement. Supposedly he did it right before Florida, but he definitely just made that deal with Cruz. The deal was he would walk away from Indiana and Cruz would from New Mexico and Oregon because the only chance either of them have is to prevent Trump from winning. Yet, a mere couple of hours later he said his supporters in Indiana should still vote for him. That says some nasty things about his character and scruples, plus indicates a VP that would be willing to not support what a president he served under was trying to achieve if it meant getting a leg up for himself.
Via the process of elimination, you may end up with Rubio as Trump's VP choice.
Trump should not consider any VP candidate who holds establishment views especially pertaining to immigration and trade policy. If the only thing stopping the party elite from getting their agenda back on track is a single heartbeat, it would be far too tempting for them to find a way to get that heartbeat to stop beating prematurely. This is Big Stakes Poker, remember. Some say Obama picked Biden as his running mate for similar reasons.
Last edited by Fifty Seven; 04-27-2016 at 07:20 AM..
For the not so small GOP anti-Trump crowd such as myself, if Trump ends up being the GOP nominee, his VP choice may make the difference between holding their nose and voting for him or refusing to vote for him in whatever form it takes. So who should he not consider and why?
Nice inflammatory start to a thread that you admit you don't give a hoot about.
You don't want to discuss. You want to strew discord.
I agree that Kasich is becoming poison and more and more so with each primary. Still it would give him Ohio, not much else since Kasich isn't even very popular in his neighboring states. I think Rubio would be a good choice. He's young, knows foreign policy and is a great campaigner and public speaker. Too bad Rubio made a fool of himself in the primaries but maybe he can be redeemed. At least he won't be seen as a sore loser and spoiler like Kasich and Cruz. He got out of the race when he should have as has pretty much kept his mouth shut since.
There are 3-4 well liked female senators that Trump should be considering.
BTW, for those who say Trump shouldn't have an establishment VP or a VP that already has a political history, Trump has already stated he IS going to pick someone in politics. So get used to that idea.
Via the process of elimination, you may end up with Rubio as Trump's VP choice.
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I doubt it as I foresee him running for Governor instead.
He has said he won't run for Governor in 2018, though I remain skeptical of that.
At any rate, it's hard to see how putting the Trump millstone around his neck would enhance in any way his political future. It's true that almost everyone who eventually becomes a running mate has previously disavowed such a role for themselves, but I think a lot of relatively younger Republicans who see themselves as having a political future will pass on jumping off the electoral cliff hand-in-hand with Trump - getting crushed in a general election isn't going to burnish anyone's political resume.
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