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    Let them have a free for all fight. then we can see how much like little girl fights they would manage.
     
    I don’t see anyone on that list who will broaden his support among women or independents. He has to prioritize fealty and submission over political considerations.

    Not a single good person on that list - they’ve all proven they are craven and immoral.
     
    MT15 said:
    I don’t see anyone on that list who will broaden his support among women or independents. He has to prioritize fealty and submission over political considerations.

    Not a single good person on that list - they’ve all proven they are craven and immoral.
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    thats everyone he chooses they have to take a knee and eat butt. he does not want competence and we have seen this over and over again.
     
    …….So now that we’ve got something firmer to grab hold of, let’s do a quick run-down of who these eight are and what they could — and wouldn’t — bring to the ticket.


    Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)


    Biggest attribute: While Rubio has never realized his potential as the onetime supposed “Republican savior,” there is a reason he earned such hype earlier in his career. He exemplifies what the party has aspired to be — relatively young, diverse, telegenic and a talented messenger who can sell the brand.

    Perhaps as much as anyone on this list, picking him could be an olive branch to the types of voters who wanted Nikki Haley as the 2024 nominee — and stuck by her long after she dropped out. (Haley herself appears to be off the table.)

    Biggest drawback: While Trump has proven he can mend fences with people who once criticized him, he and Rubio said some really ugly things about each other in 2016. Imagine Democrats running ads featuring Trump’s running mate calling Trump a “con artist.”

    Also, either Trump or Rubio would have to establish residency outside of Florida, because the Constitution bars two candidates from the same state from winning that state’s electoral votes. Rubio is an incumbent senator in Florida; would Trump really move for him? It’s apparently an issue.


    Betting line: A strong possibility, if they can work that out.
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    J.D. Vance (R-Ohio)


    Biggest attribute: Vance appears to be the most in line with Trump’s brand of politics — the populism, the election denialism, the baseless claims of Trump’s legal persecution, and the noninterventionist foreign policy. And he could seemingly sell that vision. While once a Trump critic, Vance literally wrote the book on what animates Trump’s base.


    Biggest drawback: If Trump is looking for electoral help, it’s not clear Vance provides it. Despite winning his Senate seat in 2022, voters were far from enamored of him. He underperformed Trump’s margins in that state, and he way underperformed the other statewide Republicans who were on the ballot with him. You’d think the Trump campaign might ask why that is.

    Betting line: About as strong as Rubio.


    Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)

    Biggest attribute: Cotton, like Rubio, has long been thought of as the future of a more traditionally conservative Republican Party. He’s just 47, a decorated combat veteran and a longtime member of Congress with a significant foreign policy portfolio.


    Biggest drawback: That foreign policy portfolio is clearly more hawkish than Trump’s. Cotton also pretty strongly condemned Trump and election denialism shortly after Jan. 6. “It’s past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence,” Cotton said at the time.


    Betting line: It’s tough to see how Trump looks past the Jan. 6 stuff, given how central that is to him.


    Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)


    Biggest attribute: Scott might be the most pragmatic pick — a Black senator who has a good reputation with pretty much all segments of the party. And while Scott is not really a MAGA politician, Trump has expressed enthusiasm about his talents as a sidekick. “I thought Tim Scott didn’t run as good of a race as he’s capable of running for himself, but as a surrogate for me, he’s unbelievable,” Trump has said.

    Biggest drawback: While perhaps the biggest do-no-harm pick, Scott did not acquit himself well as a 2024 candidate in his own right, gaining little traction. The stage seemed a lot bigger than he was. Maybe that matters less as a running mate, but Trump seems to be conscious of it.
Betting line: On Rubio’s and Vance’s level………

     

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