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I certainly hope this is true. Almost all of the names Ben Carson "leaked" as VP picks were disappointments, but Rubio is by far the worst of the lot. If Trump decides that he absolutely needs an establishment VP to get the party behind him and to be able to work with Congress, I'd even prefer Kasich to Rubio. At least Kasich can help deliver a big swing state (Rubio would be a hindrance rather than an asset, in Florida), and unlike Rubio, he had a track record of actually legislating and governing rather than just using his office as a launchpad for the Presidency.
1 posted on 05/16/2016 11:29:15 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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Well, Rubio always has that Senate gig to fall back on... :)


2 posted on 05/16/2016 11:35:02 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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Thank God.


3 posted on 05/16/2016 11:35:14 AM PDT by Fido969
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Not eligible anyway


4 posted on 05/16/2016 11:36:20 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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There was a SNL skit on the other night where Chris Christie was making VP suggestions to Donald Trump. One suggestion went like this:

Chris Christie: How about someone from the swing state of Florida that is half Hispanic that has a proven record of standing up for himself

Donald Trump: George Zimmerman?

5 posted on 05/16/2016 11:40:07 AM PDT by GregoTX
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Trust us OH folks. You really, really don't want Kasich. He's a globalist, pro-bank big government kind of guy.

Wouldn't Huckabee be a better choice? Or better yet, let Trump surprise us.

6 posted on 05/16/2016 11:40:09 AM PDT by grania
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Well at the risk of stirring up a hornet’s nest I would like to see him pick Newt. I think he’s probably the best qualified for the job.


8 posted on 05/16/2016 11:42:44 AM PDT by Newfy
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Sure it is. Rubio let it be known he would have nothing to do with a Trump administration.


9 posted on 05/16/2016 11:43:01 AM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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I think the “search committee” is a smokescreen; Trump already knows who he wants, and that person is being vetted by his own investigators now. It isn’t any name being fluttered about in the news either.

There is one thing to be said for the GOP in the post-Reagan era: it has been 80% at picking good VP candidates. Quayle was (and still is) severely underrated, then there was Jack Kemp, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, and any of those four would have been as least as good as President as their running mates. The only choice that flopped was Ryan. Trump will not make that kind of mistake.


10 posted on 05/16/2016 11:43:30 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Whoever he picks will be on board with the movement. A Rino is a big step back.


13 posted on 05/16/2016 11:46:26 AM PDT by proust (Texans for Trump!)
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Good. Bubbles is an open-borders Establishment flunkie.


16 posted on 05/16/2016 11:50:09 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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Kasich described himself as between Sanders and Hillary politically. That is a good VP pick?


17 posted on 05/16/2016 11:50:27 AM PDT by nickcarraway (o)
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Good, he is ineligible and an amnesty pimp.


18 posted on 05/16/2016 11:51:15 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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I wish Trump just strung him along all summer long of hopes he’d might be the VP. It would be funny seeing him kiss Trump’s butt non-stop.


21 posted on 05/16/2016 11:54:51 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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It won't be Christie (unpopular in his home state, which is not in play anyway), Palin (had her shot, very high negatives), Gingrich (ancient, backwards looking), Guiliani (too NYC), Cruz, Rubio, etc.

Longshot - Walker.

But it will be Kasich - executive political experience, swing state, patina of gravitas, not too conservative as focus moves decidedly towards the left. His sober persona counters Trump's loose cannon personality.

28 posted on 05/16/2016 12:04:18 PM PDT by dead (We have to elect him to see what's in him.)
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Donald is not going to pick anyone who is not a Natural Born Citizen. Rubio was, while being born in Maine, his parents were not naturalized till he was four. He is a naturalized but not natural born citizen.


30 posted on 05/16/2016 12:08:39 PM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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Yeah, that's the ticket. Some open borders jerk who eats like a slob is a consideration because he might help win Ohio.

I don't think Trump is going to pick a VP based on votes. He is going to pick someone who can take the baton to continue saving and rebuilding America.

33 posted on 05/16/2016 12:22:55 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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Carson is a supporter of the Trump campaign.

Carson leaked names....as part of the Trump campaign.

They owned a piece of 2 news cycles with it. The talking heads talked about what Trump leaked.

I think he knows they are wind up toys.

I think Trump’s selection will be widely viewed by his supporters as a very wise choice. I suspect Trump knows the strengths and weaknesses of his possible choices by now. I saw Jan Brewer on Hannity again, and she was good but not great in her responses. She brings Arizona, and she fights. She knows the immigration argument forward and backward. She should show that when she’s on national TV. All that said, she did well.

Gingrich was on a couple of times. He was always in command. He has the verbal WOW factor and he fights like hell. He knows policy, both foreign and domestic, inside and out. And Romney hates him. He doesn’t bring a constitutency or a state, but he does bring the counter-argument to the Clinton’s “we balanced the budget.” He says, “Like hell. We FORCED a balanced budget.” He is fully ready to step in and be president if called upon. I also think he’d take ‘president of the Senate’ very seriously.


35 posted on 05/16/2016 12:24:50 PM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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I like Newt, but he’ll be 73 by election day and with Trump 70 that’s putting two pretty old fellows at both the top slots, I’ve always kind-of of looked at the VP as the potential successor in waiting and would prefer somebody that’s a bit younger.


40 posted on 05/16/2016 12:38:56 PM PDT by apillar
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Palin....huckabee...christie


43 posted on 05/16/2016 12:46:29 PM PDT by biggredd1
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Good


58 posted on 05/16/2016 1:00:36 PM PDT by Angels27
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