# Who could possibly be Trump's running mate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 17, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717 "2015-12-17T18:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![geological](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/67e7ee/32.png) [@geological](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geological)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/41 "2015-12-18T16:36:30Z")
and IF he runs 3rd party. well , you can Perot that to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/42 "2015-12-18T16:43:05Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What is the norm for a presidential candidate’s campaign manager, in terms of pay? About tree fiddy. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/43 "2015-12-18T16:48:59Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > All these people postulating President Trump is not sincere, but merely advertising or doing it for the preening rights, may like to explain why his Campaign Manager alone is taking home $250,000. What does this this have to do with whether or nor Trump seriously wants the presidency. $250,000 to Trump basically the equivalent of a $5.00 hamburger to someone with $100,000 in assets. This tells us nothing about whether the person he hired is an overpaid campaign manager or an overpaid publicist. Trumps run of the presidency is just his answer to the question of “What do you get for the man who has everything.” In this case he decided he wanted his own cult of personality. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/44 "2015-12-18T17:02:28Z")
I honestly can’t think of anyone outside of his family who’d be willing to come a-running when Trump beat his gong. I DO see him choosing one of his kids. His daughter, Ivanka, would actually be an excellent choice. She’s intelligent, capable, and personable. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/45 "2015-12-18T17:14:48Z")
Who better to join Trump’s ticket than the wealthiest member of Congress: Darrell Issa. They can continue the “we can’t be bought because we are so rich” theme. Issa is a shameless hack. Issa’s snap-on hair is a nice counterpoint to Trump’s… offering. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/46 "2015-12-18T17:19:20Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > “Mr. Trump’s campaign\*\* manager, Corey Lewandowski, is being paid $20,000 a month, the equivalent of a $240,000 annual salary, according to a Federal Election Commission filing Wednesday. That is about 45% more than 2012 GOP nominee and multimillionaire [Mitt Romney](http://topics.wsj.com/person/R/Mitt-Romney/6591) paid his senior staffers.\*” Given the results of the 2012 election, perhaps Mr. Romney should have paid for smarter guys. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/47 "2015-12-18T17:34:37Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I DO see him choosing one of his kids. His daughter, Ivanka, would actually be an excellent choice. She’s intelligent, capable, and personable. If this isn’t illegal it should be. The office of the President of the US should not be shared via nepotism. We’ve had enough of Bush’s and Clinton’s. I say amend the constitution so direct family members cannot run for president or VP for the next 25 years after and can’t both be on the same ticket at the same time as Pres and VP. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/48 "2015-12-18T17:47:25Z")
There’s only one candidate who could set the right tone to keep Trump’s campaign going: ovarian cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/49 "2015-12-18T18:03:52Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > Pretty well laughably wrong. These things aren’t state secrets I wasn’t making a factual claim, I’m challenging why you’re mortified that a campaign manager for a major presidential candidate makes slightly less than a good lobbyist in DC. My dispute with you is basically equivalent to me saying, “Starbucks gives its employees health care benefits as part of their compensation package, so what?” Meanwhile you go on to list a bunch of retail stores that don’t give their employees such benefits, and continue to imply that something is SERIOUSLY wrong with Starbucks. Who the hell cares how much Trump’s campaign manager is paid? It doesn’t mean anything significant. > [@](#): > > Your grandiose imaginings aside, it is _not_ a billion-dollar campaign: apart from needfully large expenditure on transportings and staffers — for both of which Trump is outspending all others past and present, Mr. Trump is not spending a lot on the campaign. Oh, just who do you think you’re kidding? Whichever candidates get their party’s nominations are EASILY going to clear a billion dollars in campaign spending. Obama, the DNC, and Obama’s PAC raised $1.07 billion in 2012, and Romney raised $992 million that year. [There are predictions](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-26/how-record-spending-will-affect-2016-election) that the nominees will raise double that in 2016 (about $2 billion each), and then outside non-coordinating groups could raise double that again, meaning that total campaign spending for the presidential race might start closing in on $10 billion total. You’re totally out of touch with what’s happening with campaign spending if you’re worried that one campaign manager is making $90k more than some other random staffer. Media consultants to campaigns are not working for $150k or $250k a year in any case, I can guarantee you that. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/50 "2015-12-18T18:10:49Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > If this isn’t illegal it should be. The office of the President of the US should not be shared via nepotism. Apparently, such family dynasties are the will of the people. Turns out they wanted to eat cake. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/51 "2015-12-18T18:35:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, his “American business clients” are the viewers of his reality TV show, which is the only one of his business ventures that actually seems to be profitable. And his presidential run certainly does impress them. I understand he was fired from that. Which would make appealing to that — audience of morons — implausible. > [@Ravenman](#): > > I wasn’t making a factual claim, I’m challenging why you’re mortified that a campaign manager for a major presidential candidate makes slightly less than a good lobbyist in DC. My claim is rather that no intelligent person drops that amount on a single staffer unless they look to win. > [@](#): > > Oh, just who do you think you’re kidding? Whichever candidates get their party’s nominations are EASILY going to clear a billion dollars in campaign spending. So you think he will get the GOP nomination ? Interesting; I wouldn’t make that claim yet. > [@RickJay](#): > > Given the results of the 2012 election, perhaps Mr. Romney should have paid for smarter guys. Amusingly, it was Romney’s tech and computer ability that was a shambles. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/52 "2015-12-18T18:45:15Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I wasn’t making a factual claim, I’m challenging why you’re mortified that a campaign manager for a major presidential candidate makes slightly less than a good lobbyist in DC. > > My dispute with you is basically equivalent to me saying, “Starbucks gives its employees health care benefits as part of their compensation package, so what?” Meanwhile you go on to list a bunch of retail stores that don’t give their employees such benefits, and continue to imply that something is SERIOUSLY wrong with Starbucks. > > Who the hell cares how much Trump’s campaign manager is paid? It doesn’t mean anything significant. I don’t think he’s saying anything is wrong, he’s just using the salary as a data point to back up his claim that Trump is taking this campaign seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/53 "2015-12-18T18:55:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Apparently, such family dynasties are the will of the people. Turns out they wanted to eat cake. I guess we will see how fond the people are of dynasties, if we elect Jeb. Or another candidate I can think of. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/54 "2015-12-18T19:01:47Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > It might as well be the tooth fairy. He doesn’t want the job, just the attention. He does have sort of a Zaphod Beeblebrox vibe doesn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/55 "2015-12-18T19:02:09Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > My claim is rather that no intelligent person drops that amount on a single staffer unless they look to win. Aaaaahh… now it makes more sense. I missed your point even on successive re-readings. But, I have a good excuse: you’re innocent when you dream. > [@](#): > > So you think he will get the GOP nomination ? Interesting; I wouldn’t make that claim yet. Let’s clear this up – I’m not saying that. And the staffer is being paid incrementally, like most other people on the planet. IF Trump becomes the nominee, he will likely raise more than $1 billion during the next year (roughly), and over that same period of time, this staffer would be paid $240,000. IF Trump drops out next month, the staffer would be paid 1/12th of $240,000. I’m saying this guy’s pay rate isn’t particularly outrageous. But nor does the rate of pay have any greater meaning. Trump probably dropped a lot of cash to paint his 757 in that custom job he has. The amount of money he spends on a paint job doesn’t mean he is more serious about plane travel than anyone else; spending slightly more on a campaign manager (who surely costs a hell of a lot less than the vast majority of senior executives in the Trump Organization) doesn’t make him more serious than any other candidate who pays his/her staffers less. ETA: I also note that you provided a caveat to your statement: no intelligent person drops that amount on a single staffer… We’re still talking about Trump, right? ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/56 "2015-12-18T19:07:21Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > I honestly can’t think of anyone outside of his family who’d be willing to come a-running when Trump beat his gong. I DO see him choosing one of his kids. His daughter, Ivanka, would actually be an excellent choice. She’s intelligent, capable, and personable. I was moderately surprised to learn she would be eligible. She’s apparently 34 now, which means she’d be 35 by the time she’d be sworn in in 2017. She also matches her father’s complete lack of any qualifications, other than the Constitutional ones. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/57 "2015-12-18T19:07:50Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > … he’s just using the salary as a data point to back up his claim that Trump is taking this campaign seriously. But couldn’t he be taking his _ **publicity stunt** _ seriously? The salary is “chicken-feed” for a promotion on this scale. (Substitute “ego trip” for “publicity stunt” if you wish; for Trump they’re almost equivalent.) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/58 "2015-12-18T19:16:21Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > It’d be great if he formed a popular front ticket with Sanders, although I’d prefer Sanders at the top. ^This. The GOP is stuck with Trump as their candidate, and assuming he wants the job for reals, they are going to have to first defeat Hillary. No easy task as most Democrats cringe at the thought of a Trump+any of the bat-shit-crazy-on-the-right ticket. That ticket would bring Democrats out in droves to vote for Hillary. However, Trump is all about winning strategy and not about party purity, so I could see him asking Sanders to join forces with him - they’d probably capture a tidy portion of the Democrat’s voting block in the process. Maybe just enough to weaken Hillary and take the prize. Likewise, Hillary ought to be looking at a couple of the more sane GOP candidates as a running mate, for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/59 "2015-12-18T19:23:30Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > However, Trump is all about winning strategy and not about party purity, so I could see him asking Sanders to join forces with him - they’d probably capture a tidy portion of the Democrat’s voting block in the process. Maybe just enough to weaken Hillary and take the prize. Why on earth would Sanders accept? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-could-possibly-be-trumps-running-mate/740717/60 "2015-12-18T19:27:49Z")
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