Posted on 07/06/2016 7:51:10 AM PDT by xzins
It goes without saying that Senator Jeff Sessions is popular with a huge number of Americans. It is also true that Joni Ernst, a war veteran, is a rising star in Republican ranks. Either would make wonderful Vice Presidents for different reasons.
However, the trade-off is unacceptable. In the case of Ernst, she is sitting as senator in Iowa, at best a purple state. There is absolutely no guarantee that her seat would be won by a Republican.
Why is that so crucial? The Republican majority in the Senate is only 4 senators. And this year the Republicans have 24 senator seats up for grabs while the Democrats have only 10. Why make that 25 and in a state where holding the seat is unlikely?
The same argument can be applied to Tennessee's Bob Corker to some degree. It applies less so to Jeff Sessions. Alabama would likely elect a conservative.
However, both Sessions and Corker are senior senators. Each would be in line to chair powerful committees in the next congress. In the case of Sessions, the most America-first senator now sitting, a President Trump would want his expertise in charge of a recalcitrant group of establishmentarian republicans who yearn to open our borders to floods of cheap labor regardless of terroristic threats. It is even possible that a Senator Sessions could become Senate Majority Leader. That is a far more important position than VP in the day to day running of the U.S. government.
So, Donald Trump should be encouraged to steer clear of any senatorial running mate in this 2016 election. The price is too steep. Lose the Senate, and everything will grind to a standstill.
There will be zero hope of appointing a conservative replacement for Justice Scalia, of controlling illegal immigration, of fixing our military, or of changing our trade pacts. Losing the Senate will put everything on the back burner.
Sarah Palin is a huge pro-life and pro-family voice nationally, and she can fundraise for Trump like no one else can.
I already said I like Sarah Palin. In fact, she’s one of the heroes of our times. I also like Blackburn.
Sarah won’t accept it and has probably already back channeled that....just my opinion.
Gaffer: About now, he would be the only one I would trust.
You should re-think that, he is provably party to treason.
Because the Uniparty is a real thing: neither the GOP not the Democrats are on your side. Remember the comments from the GOP about crushing the Tea Party via the IRS when that scandal came to light? Remember the GOP boasting just before the 2014 election about how they were going to pass amnesty? — They are the elite, and you are not, they hate you and will use you as they see fit and, if you become too troublesome, kill you.
That is what Hillary's non-indictment was about: the emails lead to the Clinton Foundation, from there Treason and proving that there are many high-end politicians and bureaucrats in on it
… they saved her for their own sake.
I have been saying that the GOP have be complicit in the destruction of the Constitution since "New World Order GHWB" took over the White House, proclaiming Read my Lips, no new taxes.
You’re a insightful/wise man.
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