Maybe we should just elect Trump president

le wrote:
Also its not a given Pence would take the gig.. he's pretty much guaranteed to be the next Gov of Indiana.. he has to know Trump's chances are not that good…

I feel like Trump wouldn't be publicly vetting him without a back-channel understanding in place he'd accept if offered. Well, actually let me walk that back: I feel like a no politician in their right mind would do that. Trump is clearly playing from his own set of rules.

Its kind of interesting the two conventions being only a few days apart. When does Hillary strategically name her VP choice to minimize Trump's convention "bump"? Do you go (next) Friday morning as soon as the GOP closes? Wait until the Monday after? Do you go 8pm on Thursday splitting coverage of Trump's keynote? Does she go tomorrow too? Interesting to think about.

Julian, wrote:
Its kind of interesting the two conventions being only a few days apart. When does Hillary strategically name her VP choice to minimize Trump's convention "bump"? Do you go (next) Friday morning as soon as the GOP closes? Wait until the Monday after? Do you go 8pm on Thursday splitting coverage of Trump's keynote? Does she go tomorrow too? Interesting to think about.

yeah this is a real tough one… part of what makes it tough is if it is Kaine its going to be very ho-hum underwhelming…. if it was Warren it would be BOOM… of course it won't be Warren…

I think if I was her I would at least consider announcing it at the convention … because, whatever she does, next weekend is all going to be about the Trump convention that just happened, right?

le wrote:
yeah this is a real tough one… part of what makes it tough is if it is Kaine its going to be very ho-hum underwhelming…. if it was Warren it would be BOOM… of course it won't be Warren…

I think if I was her I would at least consider announcing it at the convention … because, whatever she does, next weekend is all going to be about the Trump convention that just happened, right?

Yeah I have to think Trump is going to say something so crazy that it dominates the Friday thru Sunday coverage.

If Hillary wants a BOOM all she has to do is

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Go open convention for the VP spot and get Warren, Biden, and Kaine's names entered into the vote through trusted agents. Biden would quickly backchannel kill his own nomination and let it play out between the other two. The political theater would be phenomenal. (And I think if she actually legitimately has a strong preference, she could backchannel the vote however she wanted it.) Tim Kaine getting the VP slot in a "contested" convention is a BOOM.

Roll Call is reporting staffers have been told it is Pence.

trump… pence… trump pence… trumpence…

"they'll get their just trumpence!"

"the trumpence originating from the brass section of the orchestra pit was unbearable"

"some people suffer from flattulence - he has trumpence!"

Sick Pence None the Trumper

sweetcell wrote:
trumpence

Its a perfectly cromulent word.

Julian, wrote:
GOP Speaker list:.

Peter Thiel ?!
no sarah palin…blerg, she is always good for the laughs (at her, not with her)

escotilha wrote:
no sarah palin…blerg, she is always good for the laughs (at her, not with her)

Trump loves him some Sarah Palin but Alaska is, you know, a long ways away.

Julian, wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
trumpence

Its a perfectly cromulent word.

damn you.  you made me look up "cromulent", and i'm now no more knowledgeable of its meaning then before my search.  damn you to hell!

Hooray for an old Simpsons reference.

Political suicide for Pence, but I suspect he'll cash in via rolling it into a Fox News gig.

Julian, wrote:

Supposedly one entire day will be based around Benghazi. Mixed feelings on Brock Mealer being on there. Tim Tebow is the most Trump GOP Convention thing ever and I now list Tebow at 9-1 odds as the VP.

If he was going to pick at athlete, I would have put my money on Wall.

Now to figure out a good rhyme joke for Pence and fence.

MINCE PENCE; DUMP TRUMP!

Spotted in Cleveland:



Let the fun begin.

vansmack wrote:
Political suicide for Pence,

Have you seen the latest polls in Indiana? There's no assurance the guy was going to win re-election anyway. Dude isn't exactly throwing away a sure-fire decade of future relevance on this flier.

I don't know anything about Pence but he does not seem as bad a choice as I was hoping for….what is it with Indiana? They have the world's most boring politicians: Bayh, Daniels and now Pence…

It is a bit of a choice made from a position of weakness though.. needs to shore up his position with the party faithful and the establishment…

If I had been Trump I would have been desperate to find a woman for VP…any woman…

sweetcell wrote:

Julian, wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
trumpence

Its a perfectly cromulent word.

damn you.  you made me look up "cromulent", and i'm now no more knowledgeable of its meaning then before my search.  damn you to hell!

I bet you feel pretty embiggened now though.

le wrote:
I don't know anything about Pence but he does not seem as bad a choice as I was hoping for….

Might help Trump with conservative turnout. 538 is calling him the "most conservative VP candidate" since 1976. Definitely doesn't seem as prone to gaffs as Christie or Newt. Hillary can definitely make some hay with his "religious freedom" legislation in Indiana.