jimnyc
07-07-2016, 08:13 AM
While I won't go nuts and complain if he becomes the choice, I disagree that he is the BEST choice. He has some skeletons, and he has pissed off some folks in NJ (my Dad being one!).
Not much ever discussed here or much on the media - but I would love to see a respected general get the nod!!
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Newt Gingrich should, at this point, be considered the front-runner for the Republican vice presidential nomination.
That's not to say that he's certain to get the job, but he clearly wants it, and he reportedly has admirers in Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, perhaps Donald Trump's two most trusted advisers. With Bob Corker and Joni Ernst saying they have no interest in filling out the bottom half of the ticket, you have to assume the nod will go to either Newt or Chris Christie, although Trump insisted Wednesday that his short list includes ten people, including two generals, presumably Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and someone else.
The dark horse here is Mike Pence, the bland culture warrior from Indiana, who would be a safe pick, albeit not one who is likely to emerge from Trump's shadow. But Pence is a late contender here, and it would make sense that Trump, showman that he is, was just trying to float another name before going with Newt or Christie. Ditto Tom Cotton, an Army vet and outspoken hawk who would not likely relish the chance to defend Trump's bizarrely bellicose dovishness for the next four months.
So Newt or Christie, the has-been or the never-quite-was. And the case for Newt makes some sense. He knows Washington in a way few do. He still has plenty of friends in the donor community, such as billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who almost singlehandedly floated Newt's entire campaign last cycle. He's very smart, a brilliant debater. The Internet polls from Breitbart and Drudge that Trump loves have indicated that he's the pick of his base. And he's consistently proven himself a worthy surrogate, displaying the needed willingness to defend Trump's boasts and pronouncements.
Christie, meanwhile, has not exactly boosted his reputation with his slavish devotion to Trump these past few months. He's deeply unpopular in his own state. Bridgegate remains one of the weirder political scandals of recent years - even if you somehow think punishing a little mayor like that is an acceptable thing to do in the ugly world of Northeastern politics, it takes a special kind of incompetence to leave a paper trail like that.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-christie-donald-trumps-best-choice-for-veep/
Not much ever discussed here or much on the media - but I would love to see a respected general get the nod!!
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Newt Gingrich should, at this point, be considered the front-runner for the Republican vice presidential nomination.
That's not to say that he's certain to get the job, but he clearly wants it, and he reportedly has admirers in Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, perhaps Donald Trump's two most trusted advisers. With Bob Corker and Joni Ernst saying they have no interest in filling out the bottom half of the ticket, you have to assume the nod will go to either Newt or Chris Christie, although Trump insisted Wednesday that his short list includes ten people, including two generals, presumably Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and someone else.
The dark horse here is Mike Pence, the bland culture warrior from Indiana, who would be a safe pick, albeit not one who is likely to emerge from Trump's shadow. But Pence is a late contender here, and it would make sense that Trump, showman that he is, was just trying to float another name before going with Newt or Christie. Ditto Tom Cotton, an Army vet and outspoken hawk who would not likely relish the chance to defend Trump's bizarrely bellicose dovishness for the next four months.
So Newt or Christie, the has-been or the never-quite-was. And the case for Newt makes some sense. He knows Washington in a way few do. He still has plenty of friends in the donor community, such as billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who almost singlehandedly floated Newt's entire campaign last cycle. He's very smart, a brilliant debater. The Internet polls from Breitbart and Drudge that Trump loves have indicated that he's the pick of his base. And he's consistently proven himself a worthy surrogate, displaying the needed willingness to defend Trump's boasts and pronouncements.
Christie, meanwhile, has not exactly boosted his reputation with his slavish devotion to Trump these past few months. He's deeply unpopular in his own state. Bridgegate remains one of the weirder political scandals of recent years - even if you somehow think punishing a little mayor like that is an acceptable thing to do in the ugly world of Northeastern politics, it takes a special kind of incompetence to leave a paper trail like that.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-christie-donald-trumps-best-choice-for-veep/