ConfederateSS wrote:-------------
Mookie you post MTG ???....Is Rashid Talib Vice President???....You are just as bad at analogies as
Jimmy B....Is it the Tides / Oceans on the coasts that make you guys nuts....But to be fair....I don't know why Obama picked Biden, or Trump picked Pence....Bush Jr. Picked Cheney... Biden picked Harris(check Identity politics boxes)...Usually the Nominie picks , Someone who could flip a battleground State....That is why... Although Desantis in Florida would make since.... Florida is Republican... Although who would take over for Trump/ America 1st in 2028/9 A.D...??? Youngkin in Virginia can't serve back to back terms...That is How Virginia works...
------------- Virginia is a purple state...Trump could pick Youngkin...To get Virginia's electorial votes...Is Youngkin the man to take over in 2028/9 A.D.???.....Or Desantis..???..Trump will pick the person who will carry on America 1st...I doubt A Rep. MTG...will cut it.... Governors , Senators have more upside... ...

ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Ok, Desantis will never accept VP. He wants the whole enchilada and he's not going to settle for being VP (in my opinion). Trump picked Pence in 2015 because 'evangelicals'. Trump on his own garnered some support among them, but Pence as a pick closed the loophole and united his base of rabbid conspiracy theory white trash republicans, with more civilized community oriented church going middle class republicans. It was a smart choice (from a winning the election framework, maybe not a governance or 'loyal enough to coup with' framework).
I think Youngkin is a viable option. At this time, maybe the most viable of anyone. I think he checks enough boxes to help Trump in the election, but is he "loyal" enough? Does Trump even like him enough to pick him? Maybe, but i think these are open questions.
Nikki Haley - maybe, but even though she worked for him there are questions about her loyalty to him personally. I'm also unclear on how nominating her helps him flip states, and what those states might be. She has some name recognition, and some popularity but there is no 'cult of die hard Nikki Haley supporters' the way there are for some of the other people in play, and Trump would win South Carolina with or without her.
Rick Scott - Maybe, though Trump resides in Florida and probably doens't need his help to win that state. Unclear what else Rick Scott brings to the table over and above other options. He's old (not as old as Trump), he's white, hes a buisness man, his only elected experience is in a state where Trump will already win, he's probably the single creepiest VP contender (unless we are including Ted Cruz).
This probably won't be a popular opinion here, but I think people need to at least consider that Trump will run, and win the republican nomination (easily) but will have way less popularity than the 2020 election and will see this and pivot to being less concerned with winning 2024 and more concerned with using the time in the spotlight for creating a big trench in the party from which he can control enough republican votes to influence elections for a generation. If there is a political mirror for what I'm describing it's what Jean-Marie Le Pen in France. I even see it ending a similar way with Trump dying and his daughter someday running and probably winning president. Yup, it's opinion + theory but that's basically how i see it playing out... and if I'm kinda onto something MTG is the PERFECT choice.
She doesn't help with winning a general election, but she helps bigtime codifying the far right of the party in dominating the results of primaries over the next decade. I would also say if Republicans win BOTH the senate and house next month Trumps chances of actually winning in 2024 go way down, but then again maybe winning the election won't matter if enough pieces are in place from winning 2022 to just coup again and overturn the will of the people.