My vice presidential
prediction
is: Trump is about to make his first mistake. I knew this would happen
as soon as he hired campaign consultants, rather than relying on his
gut. If these campaign consultants were any good, their first piece of
advice to Trump would be, "Fire us immediately!"
Trump's advisers are undoubtedly telling him he's got the "outsider"
image covered. He needs someone with experience in Washington -- as if
presidents don't have staffs -- an elected Republican official with
solid standing in the GOP, preferably a sitting senator or governor,
who will give the ticket gravitas and heft.
But,
apart from signing off on amnesty, choosing a Bush for his vice
president was Reagan's biggest mistake, foisting this pestilence on the
country for no reason. Reagan won in a landslide. Did he really need to
worry about carrying Greenwich, Connecticut?
This is completely wrong. Trump isn't a standard-issue GOP, trying to
balance the ticket to get his party into power. He's starting a new
party! He's just blown up the old GOP. Instead of a party for, by and
of globalist plutocrats, the new Trumpian party is a party of Americans
for America.
How is Trump going to find a decent running mate from among the
Republicans who have gotten ahead under the old model of sucking up to
donors and lobbyists?
Almost any sitting Republican senator or governor would be total
counter-programming to Trump's message. One searches the country in
vain to find a half-dozen elected Republicans who have not supported
amnesty, job-killing trade deals, Wall Street bailouts -- or all of the
above. Trump's message is: I'm leaving the deadwood behind.
We always secretly suspected Republicans were selling out the country
for their own interests, but now Trump has flushed them all out. At
least the GOP isn't being subtle. Their position is: No, we will never
allow anyone to be president who wants to do something about the
border.
The moment Trump chooses his vice presidential candidate, every person
in the media will be handed a personalized crowbar to pry daylight
between Trump and his nominee. [
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