‘They’re all begging me’: Trump’s 2024 veep tryouts get underway...could be Tim Scott or an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas

[Faun]

other then the majority of the country thinks the xiden admin has us going in the wrong direction

Still a shame you have no actual proof of that.

 

[Faun]

not according to the link he provided…but yoj are right it was highest during the covid pandemic…much like it’s high now during the xiden pandemic

Nah, that was due to Trump's handling of covid. Led to him getting g schlonged in the election.

 

[Clipper]

Anyone who accepts this position will know full well what they're getting into. They know what Trump does to anyone who gets near him. The stain doesn't go away. You have to both (a) sell your soul and (b) be prepared for death threats from your own party if you don't stay in line.

So you have to wonder who is both ambitious and craven enough to do it. My guess is that De Santis is smart and savvy enough to see this, but who knows.

Haley? Noem? Pompeo? Scott?

Every political bottom feeder in the Country will line up to honor Trump & be appointed to a position. And why not? They'll have free reign to rob us all blind as long as they swear loyalty to Dear Leader Trump, the criminal mob boss. If Trump is reelected it will be a four year reign of terror for anyone who he thinks crossed him & anyone who doesn't kiss his ass.

 

[struth]

Still a shame you have no actual proof of that.

um other then the actual poll from nbc

 

[otto105]

other then the majority of the country thinks the xiden admin has us going in the wrong direction

Sure, that's why 81.3 million voted for him and would do again.

 

[the other mike]

it won't be Pence, that's for sure...probably DeSantis...i would want Christie...Christie, Hawley, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, are all not mentioned in the article

‘They’re all begging me’: Trump’s 2024 veep tryouts get underway

The question of Trump’s prospective choice of running mate is surfacing with increasing frequency.

www.politico.com

excerpts:

Those familiar with his thinking say his selection will be determined by two factors that rate highest in Trump’s estimation: unquestioned loyalty and an embrace of the former president’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

He’s name-dropped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as one possible running mate. Veepstakes speculation rose among insiders who saw him interact recently with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his Mar-a-Lago club.

“They’re all begging me. They all come here,” Trump boasted to one adviser, who shared the account anonymously with POLITICO


“A lot of times, a presidential candidate will pick a running mate to balance out wings of the party. But with Trump, that’s not the issue. He is the party, basically. It’s so united behind him,” said John McLaughlin, one of Trump’s campaign pollsters. “So his choice, if he runs, will come down to what he wants. It would be a much more personal decision this time.”

The issue of a running mate, advisers and allies say, has taken on a new dimension in Trump’s mind as he stews over his decision to pick Pence in 2016, only to watch the vice president help certify the election of Joe Biden as president in January.

The considerations that led Trump to name Pence as his ticket mate in 2016 — an evangelical conservative, Pence was a Rust Belt governor at the time of his selection — are no longer as relevant, Trump’s advisers say. They say Trump is far more likely to go with his gut instinct next time around. Trump partly relied on his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, during the selection process last time, but the two are not expected to play the same role if he runs in 2024.

“Once you get past those two issues — loyalty and Trump going more with his gut — Trump has a lot of leeway in who he would pick,” said Tony Fabrizio, Trump’s lead pollster in 2016 and 2020.

“He's not necessarily looking to balance the ticket geographically, but what he can do is pick to balance gender, race, ethnicity — a lot of different lanes there,” said Fabrizio, who is polling for a Trump-affiliated super PAC. “It could be everything from a Tim Scott in South Carolina to an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas. There are so many choices and paths. And there’s lots of time to go.”

Those familiar with Trump’s thinking say his prospective vice president selection would likely draw from three general lanes of candidates: women, conservatives of color or a trusted adviser — or a “consigliere,” as one adviser described it.

Scott, the first elected Black senator from the South since the Reconstruction era, recently met with Trump in Palm Beach.

“It was a really warm interaction,” said one Republican observer in the room. “Scott was appropriately deferential without being gross, like some people are. What he said was thoughtful, and it was appreciated by the president. There was definitely chemistry there.”

Scott, who is running for reelection in 2022, has proved to be a prodigious fundraiser as well, pulling in $8.4 million in the last quarter. He hasn’t denied his own interest in a presidential bid in 2024, but he has said he wouldn’t run if Trump does. The South Carolina senator has already begun visiting other early presidential nominating states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone said the shadow presidential campaigns from Scott and so many others double as a sort of vice-presidential tryout for Trump.

“This is an audition. And Trump is paying attention,” Stone said. “There’s no question that people running for president are really running for vice president all the time. The key is to make it look like you’re not running for vice president.”

Among some Trump advisers, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez is viewed as a promising future star. They say Trump likes her and raved about her speaking role at his nominating convention last summer. But her public and political footprint have been limited under DeSantis, who’s widely seen as an heir apparent to Trump. The two men have a cordial and respectful public relationship, but privately Trump sees the younger DeSantis as a potential rival.

When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.

“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.

Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.

“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.

Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.

However, Trump is keenly aware that he had a problem with women voters, increasing the likelihood that he might look to strike a gender balance on his ticket. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have risen in the way-too-early veepstakes chatter because both are “tough as nails and conservative as hell,” one adviser to Trump said

Trump’s former acting national security director, Ric Grenell, has also risen in the estimation of Trump insiders, as has another potential presidential candidate, Mike Pompeo

“Don’t sleep on Ric. Trump loves him, and unlike Pompeo or anyone else, he has no interest in running for president. That’s a big issue for Trump,” another adviser said of Grenell, who recently joined the board of directors for Trump’s super PAC.

Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign staffer who worked in his administration, said it’s hard to forecast whom Trump might pick because there’s so much time to go. Whomever is chosen “will have to be loyal, and they’ll have to denounce what happened in 2020. If they don’t, they’re disqualified.”

Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump adviser, echoed Caputo.

“Who should he pick?” she asked. “Whoever he wants.”

Tulsi Gabbard.
If Trump had her for a running mate,he would win in a landslide no matter who runs on the Democrat ticket. DeSantis would be another good choice.

 

[Faun]

um other then the actual poll from nbc

Too bad for you that poll doesn't state most blame Biden and Democrats.

Now, all in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel things are off on the wrong track?​

​

Right Direction: 16%​

Wrong Track: 75%​

Nothing about Biden or Democrats. While many no doubt blame them, many blame others.

Like the Supreme Court's revelation that they were heading towards reversing Roe v. Wade...

[Likely to vote for] A candidate who supports the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the Roe v Wade decision which says a woman has a constitutional right to an abortion​

​

More Likely: 26%​

Less Likely: 52%​

Reverse Roe v. Wade?​

​

Yes: 30%​

No: 63%​

You're certainly free to keep your head buried so far up your own ass, you can't see the impact that reversing Roe v. Wade had on the direction of the country; but then, you are brain-dead, so it doesn't hurt you keeping your head there.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

it won't be Pence, that's for sure...probably DeSantis...i would want Christie...Christie, Hawley, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, are all not mentioned in the article

‘They’re all begging me’: Trump’s 2024 veep tryouts get underway

The question of Trump’s prospective choice of running mate is surfacing with increasing frequency.

www.politico.com

excerpts:

Those familiar with his thinking say his selection will be determined by two factors that rate highest in Trump’s estimation: unquestioned loyalty and an embrace of the former president’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

He’s name-dropped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as one possible running mate. Veepstakes speculation rose among insiders who saw him interact recently with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his Mar-a-Lago club.

“They’re all begging me. They all come here,” Trump boasted to one adviser, who shared the account anonymously with POLITICO


“A lot of times, a presidential candidate will pick a running mate to balance out wings of the party. But with Trump, that’s not the issue. He is the party, basically. It’s so united behind him,” said John McLaughlin, one of Trump’s campaign pollsters. “So his choice, if he runs, will come down to what he wants. It would be a much more personal decision this time.”

The issue of a running mate, advisers and allies say, has taken on a new dimension in Trump’s mind as he stews over his decision to pick Pence in 2016, only to watch the vice president help certify the election of Joe Biden as president in January.

The considerations that led Trump to name Pence as his ticket mate in 2016 — an evangelical conservative, Pence was a Rust Belt governor at the time of his selection — are no longer as relevant, Trump’s advisers say. They say Trump is far more likely to go with his gut instinct next time around. Trump partly relied on his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, during the selection process last time, but the two are not expected to play the same role if he runs in 2024.

“Once you get past those two issues — loyalty and Trump going more with his gut — Trump has a lot of leeway in who he would pick,” said Tony Fabrizio, Trump’s lead pollster in 2016 and 2020.

“He's not necessarily looking to balance the ticket geographically, but what he can do is pick to balance gender, race, ethnicity — a lot of different lanes there,” said Fabrizio, who is polling for a Trump-affiliated super PAC. “It could be everything from a Tim Scott in South Carolina to an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas. There are so many choices and paths. And there’s lots of time to go.”

Those familiar with Trump’s thinking say his prospective vice president selection would likely draw from three general lanes of candidates: women, conservatives of color or a trusted adviser — or a “consigliere,” as one adviser described it.

Scott, the first elected Black senator from the South since the Reconstruction era, recently met with Trump in Palm Beach.

“It was a really warm interaction,” said one Republican observer in the room. “Scott was appropriately deferential without being gross, like some people are. What he said was thoughtful, and it was appreciated by the president. There was definitely chemistry there.”

Scott, who is running for reelection in 2022, has proved to be a prodigious fundraiser as well, pulling in $8.4 million in the last quarter. He hasn’t denied his own interest in a presidential bid in 2024, but he has said he wouldn’t run if Trump does. The South Carolina senator has already begun visiting other early presidential nominating states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone said the shadow presidential campaigns from Scott and so many others double as a sort of vice-presidential tryout for Trump.

“This is an audition. And Trump is paying attention,” Stone said. “There’s no question that people running for president are really running for vice president all the time. The key is to make it look like you’re not running for vice president.”

Among some Trump advisers, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez is viewed as a promising future star. They say Trump likes her and raved about her speaking role at his nominating convention last summer. But her public and political footprint have been limited under DeSantis, who’s widely seen as an heir apparent to Trump. The two men have a cordial and respectful public relationship, but privately Trump sees the younger DeSantis as a potential rival.

When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.

“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.

Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.

“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.

Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.

However, Trump is keenly aware that he had a problem with women voters, increasing the likelihood that he might look to strike a gender balance on his ticket. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have risen in the way-too-early veepstakes chatter because both are “tough as nails and conservative as hell,” one adviser to Trump said

Trump’s former acting national security director, Ric Grenell, has also risen in the estimation of Trump insiders, as has another potential presidential candidate, Mike Pompeo

“Don’t sleep on Ric. Trump loves him, and unlike Pompeo or anyone else, he has no interest in running for president. That’s a big issue for Trump,” another adviser said of Grenell, who recently joined the board of directors for Trump’s super PAC.

Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign staffer who worked in his administration, said it’s hard to forecast whom Trump might pick because there’s so much time to go. Whomever is chosen “will have to be loyal, and they’ll have to denounce what happened in 2020. If they don’t, they’re disqualified.”

Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump adviser, echoed Caputo.

“Who should he pick?” she asked. “Whoever he wants.”

An anti establishment outsider would be nice

 

[struth]

Too bad for you that poll doesn't state most blame Biden and Democrats.

Now, all in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel things are off on the wrong track?​

​

​

Right Direction: 16%​

Wrong Track: 75%​

Nothing about Biden or Democrats. While many no doubt blame them, many blame others.

Like the Supreme Court's revelation that they were heading towards reversing Roe v. Wade...

[Likely to vote for] A candidate who supports the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the Roe v Wade decision which says a woman has a constitutional right to an abortion​

​

​

More Likely: 26%​

Less Likely: 52%​

Reverse Roe v. Wade?​

​

​

Yes: 30%​

No: 63%​

You're certainly free to keep your head buried so far up your own ass, you can't see the impact that reversing Roe v. Wade had on the direction of the country; but then, you are brain-dead, so it doesn't hurt you keeping your head there.

1) um that’s what the NBC Poll says…that’s what they covered
2) so neither of the polls say 75 percent like they did prior to the case being overturned about the xiden admin? ok

 

[struth]

Sure, that's why 81.3 million voted for him and would do again.

according to polling that’s not true.

 

[beautress]

it won't be Pence, that's for sure...probably DeSantis...i would want Christie...Christie, Hawley, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, are all not mentioned in the article

‘They’re all begging me’: Trump’s 2024 veep tryouts get underway

The question of Trump’s prospective choice of running mate is surfacing with increasing frequency.

www.politico.com

excerpts:

Those familiar with his thinking say his selection will be determined by two factors that rate highest in Trump’s estimation: unquestioned loyalty and an embrace of the former president’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

He’s name-dropped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as one possible running mate. Veepstakes speculation rose among insiders who saw him interact recently with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his Mar-a-Lago club.

“They’re all begging me. They all come here,” Trump boasted to one adviser, who shared the account anonymously with POLITICO


“A lot of times, a presidential candidate will pick a running mate to balance out wings of the party. But with Trump, that’s not the issue. He is the party, basically. It’s so united behind him,” said John McLaughlin, one of Trump’s campaign pollsters. “So his choice, if he runs, will come down to what he wants. It would be a much more personal decision this time.”

The issue of a running mate, advisers and allies say, has taken on a new dimension in Trump’s mind as he stews over his decision to pick Pence in 2016, only to watch the vice president help certify the election of Joe Biden as president in January.

The considerations that led Trump to name Pence as his ticket mate in 2016 — an evangelical conservative, Pence was a Rust Belt governor at the time of his selection — are no longer as relevant, Trump’s advisers say. They say Trump is far more likely to go with his gut instinct next time around. Trump partly relied on his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, during the selection process last time, but the two are not expected to play the same role if he runs in 2024.

“Once you get past those two issues — loyalty and Trump going more with his gut — Trump has a lot of leeway in who he would pick,” said Tony Fabrizio, Trump’s lead pollster in 2016 and 2020.

“He's not necessarily looking to balance the ticket geographically, but what he can do is pick to balance gender, race, ethnicity — a lot of different lanes there,” said Fabrizio, who is polling for a Trump-affiliated super PAC. “It could be everything from a Tim Scott in South Carolina to an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas. There are so many choices and paths. And there’s lots of time to go.”

Those familiar with Trump’s thinking say his prospective vice president selection would likely draw from three general lanes of candidates: women, conservatives of color or a trusted adviser — or a “consigliere,” as one adviser described it.

Scott, the first elected Black senator from the South since the Reconstruction era, recently met with Trump in Palm Beach.

“It was a really warm interaction,” said one Republican observer in the room. “Scott was appropriately deferential without being gross, like some people are. What he said was thoughtful, and it was appreciated by the president. There was definitely chemistry there.”

Scott, who is running for reelection in 2022, has proved to be a prodigious fundraiser as well, pulling in $8.4 million in the last quarter. He hasn’t denied his own interest in a presidential bid in 2024, but he has said he wouldn’t run if Trump does. The South Carolina senator has already begun visiting other early presidential nominating states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone said the shadow presidential campaigns from Scott and so many others double as a sort of vice-presidential tryout for Trump.

“This is an audition. And Trump is paying attention,” Stone said. “There’s no question that people running for president are really running for vice president all the time. The key is to make it look like you’re not running for vice president.”

Among some Trump advisers, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez is viewed as a promising future star. They say Trump likes her and raved about her speaking role at his nominating convention last summer. But her public and political footprint have been limited under DeSantis, who’s widely seen as an heir apparent to Trump. The two men have a cordial and respectful public relationship, but privately Trump sees the younger DeSantis as a potential rival.

When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.

“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.

Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.

“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.

Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.

However, Trump is keenly aware that he had a problem with women voters, increasing the likelihood that he might look to strike a gender balance on his ticket. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have risen in the way-too-early veepstakes chatter because both are “tough as nails and conservative as hell,” one adviser to Trump said

Trump’s former acting national security director, Ric Grenell, has also risen in the estimation of Trump insiders, as has another potential presidential candidate, Mike Pompeo

“Don’t sleep on Ric. Trump loves him, and unlike Pompeo or anyone else, he has no interest in running for president. That’s a big issue for Trump,” another adviser said of Grenell, who recently joined the board of directors for Trump’s super PAC.

Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign staffer who worked in his administration, said it’s hard to forecast whom Trump might pick because there’s so much time to go. Whomever is chosen “will have to be loyal, and they’ll have to denounce what happened in 2020. If they don’t, they’re disqualified.”

Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump adviser, echoed Caputo.

“Who should he pick?” she asked. “Whoever he wants.”

I'd pick Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan. He has class and right on his side. However, President Trump has his own way of doing things. He has the Eagle Eye for excellence where winning people are concerned. I just like Jordan because he never forgets to be an agent of probity with backup.

 

[Faun]

1) um that’s what the NBC Poll says…that’s what they covered
2) so neither of the polls say 75 percent like they did prior to the case being overturned about the xiden admin? ok

Poor thing.

Still, no such poll says a majority blame Biden or Democrats. You said that, not the poll. And again, some such polls were as high as 87% under Trump. Clearly, a majority of Americans have felt we're heading in the wrong direction for quite some time now.

 

[Billiejeens]

You clowns running Trump again is a sure-fire way to GUARANTEE another four years of Democratic rule in the White House. That would be bad. Idiots.

He is literally the most popular person in The United States of America.

(not in your bubble, I know. Your bubble is smaller than you think.)

 

[Mac1958]

Now, all in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel things are off on the wrong track?

​

Right Direction: 16%​

Wrong Track: 75%​

Nothing about Biden or Democrats. While many no doubt blame them, many blame others.

I'd vote "wrong track" too, and I think the whole orange cult of personality is playing a big role in that. This is a team effort.

Of course they'll just point the finger. That's the conditioning.

 

[Faun]

I'd vote "wrong track" too, and I think the whole orange cult of personality is playing a big role in that. This is a team effort.

Of course they'll just point the finger. That's the conditioning.

So many of them have no self awareness.

 

[struth]

Poor thing.

Still, no such poll says a majority blame Biden or Democrats. You said that, not the poll. And again, some such polls were as high as 87% under Trump. Clearly, a majority of Americans have felt we're heading in the wrong direction for quite some time now.

You can ignore NBC Nightly News all you want

 

[otto105]

according to polling that’s not true.

Polling shows that people don't want the former 1-term fuckup either.

 

[otto105]

not according to the link he provided…but yoj are right it was highest during the covid pandemic…much like it’s high now during the xiden pandemic

What pandemic is that?

 

[struth]

What pandemic is that?

the pandemic and sickness he and the demafasict have brought to this country. Record inflation, Stalinist tactics on political rivals, skyrocketing interest rates, surge on the border, resulting in human rights crisis....etc

 

[Faun]

You can ignore NBC Nightly News all you want

ijit, by "ignore," you mean I literally cited the NBC poll. Whereas you're citing you. Here it is again...

Now, all in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel things are off on the wrong track?​

​

Right Direction: 16%​

Wrong Track: 75%​

Nothing in there about Biden or Democrats. While many no doubt blame them, many blame others.