I agree with you insofar as picking a younger running mate would set up a potential successor down the line.
I could accept Newt (as if I have a choice), but I don’t think he’d be a good pick for a number of reasons.
I don’t have any use for Mike Pence because he endorsed Ted Cruz. That means he’s either an idiot or playing politics.
Here is an age chart worth considering:
Reagan in 1980 69
Bush 41 in 1980 56
Bush 43 in 2000 54
Cheney in 2000 59
Trump 70
Gingrich 73
Pence 57
As for Cruz, I started out supporting Cruz and switched to Trump. Does that make me an idiot or playing politics?
Trump went from almost no support to winning the nomination. Should he have done that without people switching over to him from other candidates?
Is everyone who switched from someone else to Trump an idiot or playing politics?
There might be an idiot here, but I’m not so sure it’s the people who switched from other candidates to Trump.
I did not realize he had endorsed Ted Cruz. I thought Pence was too liberal and establishment for that. Regardless of the merits of Ted Cruz, that took some cojones. You may convince me he’s not so bad after all!
Many of us favored Cruz and that should not disqualify Pence for VP. He is a patriot that can bring Republicans together. Trump needs the Cruz voters, the Rubio’s, etc.