POLL: Should Trump -- at some point -- remove Pence as VP and pick someone else?

Kasich is a closeted homosexual. That's your choice for POTUS?

Trump fucked-up in picking Pence for one, simple reason: he betrayed himself, and the entire tone and approach of his campaign.

Now, in fairness, there are plenty of positives when it comes to Pence and we can talk about that, but it's really not what is important (and there are plenty of negatives, too).

What was important was the tone Trump set with the pick. Trump needed to pick an outsider or military person, someone like Gen. Flynn. Or, he needed a bold pick, like black Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Jr. or Allen West. There are also strong women he could have picked, liked retired four star general Ann Dunwoody.

Any of these more out-of-the-box, bold picks would have served the message of Trump's campaign, served to win over women and/or minorities, and created positive buzz.

Instead, Trump chose to "unite the party" and cow to the Republican Estbalishment with a "safe" pick. Just look at how enthusiastically Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush responded to the Pence pick. That should tell you something.

As I said, there are some immediate positives of Pence in terms of mollifying and supplicating butthurt GOPes, but in the long-game, it's a mistake.

Now, here's what I believe "went down":

I personally believe Trump's "heart" was not in picking Pence. I say that for many reasons, but mainly because Trump said today that "he was my first pick!", which is a typical Trumpian giveaway that he's trying to cover something up that's actually true by doubling-down or over-stating something. Pence was not his first pick.

He and Pence aren't close and don't know each other well. Manafort and others pressured Trump into picking him.

Pence's team leaked the pick, too, and Trump found out about it and reportedly was not happy. That's a sign there's trouble. You don't leak something like that and fuck-up a golden media moment in Trump World. That's a bad way to start things off. If I were Trump, I would be livid.

Now, here's what I think will happen:

Pence will get Trump through the GOP Convention, but at some point in September or sooner, Trump will drop him.

The reasons will be some kind of insubordination or conflict, maybe a scandal, real or not -- I don't know. Trump will have to have a reason.

Then he'll pick the right person.

It will be controversial, but Trump will survive it. Trump will re-grain any negativity by picking a very bold person to replace Pence, one that everyone will like and get behind (Pence, on the other hand, may not be eligible to run for releection in Indiana, so he may be royally screwed.)

Will you please stop posting threads about Mike pence and the vp? You should be banned for spamming the site.

Kasich is the only one who polled well against Clinton.

Forcing myself to watch George Snuffleupagus.
They just played an anti-Pence ad.

"Pence was willing to shut down the government in order to stop funding Planned Parenthood".

Then they played a supporting clip.

This is supposed to make me NOT like Pence?


Fuck it, that's all I need to know.

Trump/Pence 2016

This is really beating a dead horse. Anyone who has been following Trump closely for the past 6 - 10 mos should not find his VP shocking in the least.

Trump has been saying all along that he was going to pick an experienced politician. This has been reported in MSM for months now:

"He ruled out a business-oriented pick on the basis that he doesn't "need that type of ability."

An experienced politician, on the other hand, has already been vetted by the media and public, so it's less likely that people would "find out that they were doing terrible, terrible things with their life," Trump said."

Weeks before Trump even picked Pence, he was mentioned on the short list. Days before Trump made his announcement, it was leaked on Breitbart that he would be picking Pence. None of this is shocking, unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months.

Pence is going to be Trump's errand boy in DC, going to the meetings, getting Trumps' policies and agendas pushed through. Some rogue individual with absolutely no political experience would not be successful at doing this like Pence will be.

If there's one thing we know about Trump, and why we support him, he's got killer instinct, astute, a good read of character and always chooses the right person for the right job.

I told you fucks it would be:

"Pence for mid-west vote" OR "Newt for the RNC $$$"

You cannot win an election without both. The money will come in. The RNC hates Hillary more than Trump regardless of what you hear. The main donors will cough up the money rather then sit by and watch ANOTHER 4 years of Obama.

The Mid-West votes will win Trump the election.

might be too late, trump lost so many votes with the pence pick i dont know if he could even recover at this point.

I told you fucks it would be:

"Pence for mid-west vote" OR "Newt for the RNC $$$"

You cannot win an election without both. The money will come in. The RNC hates Hillary more than Trump regardless of what you hear. The main donors will cough up the money rather then sit by and watch ANOTHER 4 years of Obama.

The Mid-West votes will win Trump the election.

Nailed it. Backside Uncle Intel said that Trump's first pick is Flynn, but he was backed into a corner for convention.

I expect it to go down as you described.

well i guess as long as we are making up pretend scenarios and stories, i think trump, being a HUGE fan of the pauls due to this thread:

Thread: Hannity tonight: all trump signs, but ron/rand paul picture on wall behind trump

will kick pence off the ticket, then decide it's time for true change, and will hand the republican nomination off to ron paul for prez and rand for veep and jesse ventura will be sec of state.

No he hasn't.

"I was a Trump supporter, but now that he's chosen Pence as a mostly symbolic figurehead, I am voting for Hillary", said nobody ever.

:fuckoff:

Wow, and I thought you were just another pretty face.

Hung like a horse too:)

This too.

:jay:

No he hasn't.

"I was a Trump supporter, but now that he's chosen Pence as a mostly symbolic figurehead, I am voting for Hillary", said nobody ever.

:fuckoff:

Kasich is the only one who polled well against Clinton.