I look at him as the guy with the least baggage. VP does little to woo voters but can sure be used to trash the ticket ala Palin* and Quayle, the last Indiana based VP selection.
Christie and Newt would have been savaged in the media the way Trump is and Pence isn’t. Besides, Christie isn’t conservative and really messed up my state so I’m not a fan at all.
All things considered, I think Future President Trump chose a very good VP. He’s certainly a step up from Crazy Joe Biden but that’s not saying much.
*I really do like Sarah Palin and will always support a true patriot like her despite the way she’s been marginalized on the national political level.
Pence was one if only to speak at Tea Party event in DC
Find it amusing at all the congress critters who have used his appointment as an excuse to jump on the Trump Train. When many ( including Newt and Ryan) were on the opposite side of many issues while he was there. He tried to get rid of earmarks Stop any bill without funding. Went head to head with Bush to stop the spending
‘I look at him as the guy with the least baggage. VP does little to woo voters but can sure be used to trash the ticket ala Palin* and Quayle, the last Indiana based VP selection.’
This. Trump had a choice: spend the next three-plus months defending his veep from a vicious, nonstop avalanche of Dem/MSM attacks, or pick Pence. That’s the reality.
Trump made the right decision.