She's been incredibly demonized, and she makes it somewhat easy to demonize her. I think she'd hurt with swing voters in a way Kari Lake or even Vivek would not.
Ideally, I'd like Rand Paul. They'd be praying to Satan for Trump's health.
Rand Paul would be perfect, but he's made it pretty clear he wants to pick a woman for VP. Which pisses me off from the get-go, but if it's going to be a woman, it should be MTG or someone else who's there just to antagonize the left. He flat-out said in his Iowa victory speech that he thinks Kari Lake is going to be an Arizona Senator someday, which indicates that he's not going to pick her. I think Kristi Noem might be good, if she'd take it.
The problem is that, as much as I like Trump, he's too much of a megalomaniac to pick anyone who could compete with him. That's how we ended up with Pence last time: because the guy's an empty suit. Kari Lake is too smart, too charismatic and too media savvy, and so are most of the other based candidates.
I'm not sure I agree with that now that it is his second term. I think he wants to maximize chances of winning. This could lead to him choosing a less based person, but if he thinks Lake or someone else maximizes his chances he would pick them.
Even beyond smart, I think she's too independently minded. You are probably correct. Trump is used to people doing his bidding as in a business, he has difficulty co-operating with people.
Pence was picked to get evangelicals and natsecs on board. I think it was a good choice at the time.
She's been incredibly demonized, and she makes it somewhat easy to demonize her. I think she'd hurt with swing voters in a way Kari Lake or even Vivek would not.
Ideally, I'd like Rand Paul. They'd be praying to Satan for Trump's health.
Rand Paul would be perfect, but he's made it pretty clear he wants to pick a woman for VP. Which pisses me off from the get-go, but if it's going to be a woman, it should be MTG or someone else who's there just to antagonize the left. He flat-out said in his Iowa victory speech that he thinks Kari Lake is going to be an Arizona Senator someday, which indicates that he's not going to pick her. I think Kristi Noem might be good, if she'd take it.
Kristi Noem is a corporate whore. Probably the worst choice after the Birdbrain.
Tim Scott and Elise Stefanik are also pretty awful.
The problem is that, as much as I like Trump, he's too much of a megalomaniac to pick anyone who could compete with him. That's how we ended up with Pence last time: because the guy's an empty suit. Kari Lake is too smart, too charismatic and too media savvy, and so are most of the other based candidates.
I'm not sure I agree with that now that it is his second term. I think he wants to maximize chances of winning. This could lead to him choosing a less based person, but if he thinks Lake or someone else maximizes his chances he would pick them.
Even beyond smart, I think she's too independently minded. You are probably correct. Trump is used to people doing his bidding as in a business, he has difficulty co-operating with people.
Pence was picked to get evangelicals and natsecs on board. I think it was a good choice at the time.
You'd think he'd have learned his lesson from the crowd response he got when he said the next Supreme Court justice should be a woman.
Rand is too important as a Senator to be useful as VP. I'd rather see President Rand some day but I doubt that'll ever happen.