Report: Trump ’95 Percent’ Likely to Tap Mike Pence as VP (wtf??)

[Zippyjuan]

Delegates nearly always approve the nominee's choice for running mate. In the early years of the country, the vice president went to the guy who came in second in the Presidential voting. That could be somebody from the opposite party.

 

[randomname]

Fox News suspending ties with Trump veep possibility Gingrich


Fox News had a Newt Gingrich problem -- and it just announced a solution.

The cable news channel is suspending its ties with Newt Gingrich since Gingrich is on Donald Trump's vice presidential short list.

Gingrich has been a Fox News contributor since last October. He appears frequently on the channel to give political commentary. But he is increasingly a subject of news coverage as well.

On Tuesday afternoon, a statement from the network said, "Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement with Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich effective immediately."

"Due to the intense media speculation about Gingrich's potential selection as Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate, we felt it best to halt his contributor role on the network to avoid all conflicts of interest that may arise," executive vice president for news Jay Wallace said.

Trump has repeatedly praised Gingrich and hinted that he could choose Gingrich to be his running mate.

Some Fox hosts, notably the 10 p.m. host Sean Hannity, have promoted their colleague as the best choice for Trump.

"I wouldn't be happy with anyone but Newt," Hannity said Monday night.

Gingrich's role at Fox has received relatively little scrutiny in recent months. But the conflicts were obvious to some observers.

"He's got a set of competing loyalties," Poynter Institute media ethicist Kelly McBride said in an interview with CNNMoney earlier Tuesday. "He has his loyalties to Fox and he has his loyalties to himself, to his ambitions to be veep. Those two things can't coexist."

Trump's vice presidential pick is believed to be imminent. Trump has said that if Gingrich is not selected, he will have some other role in a Trump administration.

Gingrich's relationship was suspended with Fox once before -- back in 2011 -- when he was contemplating a run for president.

After an unsuccessful bid, Gingrich joined CNN in 2013 as a co-host of "Crossfire." He was a CNN political commentator until joining Fox last year.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Jim Webb would be the best choice, by far. Trump could hammer Hillary on the national security issue, and he could win on that issue alone. But my feeling is that Trump wants another aggressive bully blowhard with some actual governing experience to help him shove his agenda down our throats when he's in the White House.

 

[acptulsa]

Jim Webb would be the best choice, by far. Trump could hammer Hillary on the national security issue, and he could win on that issue alone. But my feeling is that Trump wants another aggressive bully blowhard with some actual governing experience to help him shove his agenda down our throats when he's in the White House.

Oh, yeah. Trump definitely figures he hasn't pissed Republicans off enough yet, and is just chompin' at the bit to alienate them completely by picking a Democrat as a running mate.

 

[RonPaulMall]

Jim Webb would be the best choice, by far. Trump could hammer Hillary on the national security issue, and he could win on that issue alone. But my feeling is that Trump wants another aggressive bully blowhard with some actual governing experience to help him shove his agenda down our throats when he's in the White House.

Webb would be the perfect pick but for the fact he's too angry looking and might be a bit unbalanced. Trump doesn't want some angry looking dude up on stage scowling at everybody. If he had a better personality, he'd be the pick for sure.

You guys need to be looking at the dog that isn't barking. Why is there ZERO mention of Scott Brown in any of these news leaks. Trump already referred to him as a Vice Presidential candidate "straight out of central casting" and he ticks off all the boxes Trump would want in a candidate (extremely strong with women, GOPe can't really complain about him because they already praised him to the hilt in his Senate runs, popular among blue collar Northeasterners, total team player, and most important- extremely good looking) yet nobody in the media talking about him. Trump team is obviously misdirecting them. Trump will want his pick to be a splash. Only way that happens is if it is either Newt or somebody media hasn't mentioned. Scott Brown is that second alternative. Look for it to be either Newt or Brown.

 

[Dary]

Delegates nearly always approve the nominee's choice for running mate.

True that.

Still. This election is like no other (at least that I know of).

That doesn't change the fact that it IS up to the delegates. I'll bet that most of them don't even know it.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Oh, yeah. Trump definitely figures he hasn't pissed Republicans off enough yet, and is just chompin' at the bit to alienate them completely by picking a Democrat as a running mate.

Trump doesn't need Republicans. He's already taken over the entire party, if you haven't noticed. He needs independents and moderates to win, which is why Webb would be the perfect VP candidate.

 

[acptulsa]

Trump doesn't need Republicans. He's already taken over the entire party, if you haven't noticed. He needs independents and moderates to win, which is why Webb would be the perfect VP candidate.

Oh, sure. Trump could piss off every Republican on the planet and still win going away. Nothing he could do could cause Republicans not to vote for him. He could pee on Ronald Reagan's grave and he'd still have them all locked up.

And Sarah Palin is a shoo-in for the next Nobel Prize in physics, too.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Oh, sure. Trump could piss off every Republican on the planet and still win going away. Nothing he could do could cause Republicans not to vote for him. He could pee on Ronald Reagan's grave and he'd still have them all locked up.

And Sarah Palin is a shoo-in for the next Nobel Prize in physics, too.

You have apparently just lost any sense of perspective in the wake of the Trump phenomenon. He's really done a number on you, hasn't he?

 

[acptulsa]

You have apparently just lost any sense of perspective in the wake of the Trump phenomenon. He's really done a number on you, hasn't he?

You're the one sitting there saying the whole of the Republican Party would vote for Trump even if he chose a Democrat as a running mate.

My sense of perspective comes from my memory of the delegates nearly lynching McCain for letting independent Lieberman speak at his convention.

 

[loveshiscountry]

This is going to be a blood bath of lost support from people who have traditionally been in Trump's corner if Trump goes down this route.

We know the VP choice doesn't really matter. We know Ann Coulter doesn't really matter.

 

[loveshiscountry]

Newt is the best choice for Trump imo. Newt knows the inner workings of Washington. Same thing Obama did with getting Biden.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

You're the one sitting there saying the whole of the Republican Party would vote for Trump even if he chose a Democrat as a running mate.

My sense of perspective comes from my memory of the delegates nearly lynching McCain for letting independent Lieberman speak at his convention.

Webb served in the Reagan administration and is a war hero. So you are comparing apples and oranges here.

 

[acptulsa]

Webb served in the Reagan administration and is a war hero. So you are comparing apples and oranges here.

Secretary of defense and vice president are definitely apples and oranges...

 

[Zippyjuan]

Fox News suspending ties with Trump veep possibility Gingrich


Fox News had a Newt Gingrich problem -- and it just announced a solution.

The cable news channel is suspending its ties with Newt Gingrich since Gingrich is on Donald Trump's vice presidential short list.

Gingrich has been a Fox News contributor since last October. He appears frequently on the channel to give political commentary. But he is increasingly a subject of news coverage as well.

On Tuesday afternoon, a statement from the network said, "Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement with Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich effective immediately."

"Due to the intense media speculation about Gingrich's potential selection as Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate, we felt it best to halt his contributor role on the network to avoid all conflicts of interest that may arise," executive vice president for news Jay Wallace said.

Trump has repeatedly praised Gingrich and hinted that he could choose Gingrich to be his running mate.

Some Fox hosts, notably the 10 p.m. host Sean Hannity, have promoted their colleague as the best choice for Trump.

"I wouldn't be happy with anyone but Newt," Hannity said Monday night.

Gingrich's role at Fox has received relatively little scrutiny in recent months. But the conflicts were obvious to some observers.

"He's got a set of competing loyalties," Poynter Institute media ethicist Kelly McBride said in an interview with CNNMoney earlier Tuesday. "He has his loyalties to Fox and he has his loyalties to himself, to his ambitions to be veep. Those two things can't coexist."

Trump's vice presidential pick is believed to be imminent. Trump has said that if Gingrich is not selected, he will have some other role in a Trump administration.

Gingrich's relationship was suspended with Fox once before -- back in 2011 -- when he was contemplating a run for president.

After an unsuccessful bid, Gingrich joined CNN in 2013 as a co-host of "Crossfire." He was a CNN political commentator until joining Fox last year.

I don't think there is enough room in the Oval Office for both Trump's and Gingrich's egos.

 

[CPUd]

True that.

Still. This election is like no other (at least that I know of).

That doesn't change the fact that it IS up to the delegates. I'll bet that most of them don't even know it.

They know it. They are being threatened by the Trump campaign AKA GOP establishment not to step out of line, while also being called by grassroots activists with an alternative strategy.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

Newt is the best choice for Trump imo. Newt knows the inner workings of Washington. Same thing Obama did with getting Biden.

Yeah definitely. Hope and change.

Just like Trump.

 

[randomname]

And the latest rumors

Indianapolis (CNN)As anticipation builds for Donald Trump to name his vice presidential pick, two hopefuls -- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich -- appear to be the front-runners, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.

Also still in the mix: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Trump will likely make the announcement on Friday, the source said.

Pence introduced Trump at a rally Tuesday in Indiana that served as an audition of sorts as the presumptive Republican nominee closes in on a decision. The Indiana governor happily played the role of attack dog by slamming Hillary Clinton and saying she "must never become president of the United States."

Pence and Trump had a private, one-on-one conversation at the fundraiser, according to a source who was there.

"You're gonna call him ... and you're gonna say governor -- or vice president -- we're winning too much!" Trump said of Pence at the rally.

In a change in plans, Trump later decided to spend the night in Indianapolis "because it was logistically easier" to go straight from there to California, a campaign aide confirmed to CNN.

Earlier in the day, Pence lavished praise on the presumptive GOP nominee, comparing Trump to Ronald Reagan and using the phrase "make America great again" Tuesday afternoon when he spoke with reporters after an event in Indianapolis.

"I think he is someone who has connected with everyday Americans like no one since Ronald Reagan," Pence said. "I think he has spoken into the frustration and the longings of the American people as no one since the 40th president, and I think you're going to continue to see him do that."


The Indiana governor and former congressman has already passed one important hurdle, the source said: "(The) Pence vet was completely clean and that mattered. No one needs an extra hassle."

Pence and his wife Karen met with Donald and Melania Trump at Trump's golf course in New Jersey early this month -- a meeting Pence brought up Tuesday.

"I will tell you that we've been honored to spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. Trump," he said. "We were very moved by how gracious and kind they were to our family. And I think he is going to be a great president."

But Pence isn't the only VP prospect making headlines: Fox News said Tuesday it is suspending Gingrich's contract since the former speaker is also on Trump's vice presidential short list. Some of Gingrich's allies have been "heavily lobbying" the campaign, one of the source's told CNN.

"Clearly Gov. Pence is deeply in the running, (New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie) is. I've been part of the process. We'll see what happens over the next two to three days. It's a little like 'Apprentice' -- you see in a few days who the last one standing is," Gingrich said.

Some donors are pressuring Trump to pick Gingrich. A source close to Sheldon Adelson tells CNN that the casino magnate spoke to Trump and mentioned that "he liked Newt."
"Favoring is a more appropriate term," the source said of Adelson's conversation with Trump.

Former rival turned supporter Ben Carson told CNN's Erin Burnett Trump won't be making a rash decision -- but it also could bring the unexpected.

"Well, I think that one of the things that you've seen throughout this whole process is that Donald Trump is unpredictable. He's going to be careful, he's going to be very, very deliberate," he said on Tuesday night.

 

[nikcers]

And the latest rumors

 

[kahless]

And the latest rumors

I guess I should keep my mouth shut about Pence with far worse Christie still in the running. I thought Christie was out of the running awhile back.