I think he’ll make it into a pocket lining effort: Vivek, how much will you give me to be VP? Lake, how about you?
Which recently cost Ron DeSantis his shot:
It wouldn’t surprise me if he had all the candidates compete for the position on a reality show that he profits off of.
The Orange Ticket? The Apprentice (President)?
The (Next) Pence-tice?
I’m with you on this. I suspect he’d love to pick Don Jr. for sycophancy and legacy reasons, but the smarter people around him will understand that this would look terrible to the average voter and would likely cost him votes, even among GOP voters. (Those who are not already in the bad for Trump, that is. MAGA zealots will vote for him even with the corpse of Jeffrey Epstein as his running mate).
ISWYDT.
DeSantis was never going to be his running mate because they’re both Florida residents.
For that reason I think there is only one man of the job. John Barron.
I can’t imagine Trump wanting to run with DeSantis, but if he did he could just pull a Cheney and move his ‘residence’ to NY or NJ.
This is Trump. He’d refuse to be the one to move, even if he does have residences in other states. He’d insist DeSantis move out of Florida, even though he’s the Governor.
People bring up the “can’t be from the same state” bit every time we talk about running mates. It’s easily disposed of by one or the other changing his/her state of residence. A minor technicality that would not impact the selection process.
Well it’s not like it can’t be by law. It’s just former common sense that the candidate has his own state sown up and might need help in another region. That like many other things doesn’t apply to Trump. Regardless of where he hangs his comb over he’s still a New Yorker who will lose New York. Picking someone from Florida doesn’t make a difference.
Most likely it will be someone he likes and feels is loyal regardless of where they are from. Maybe his advisors can gently guide him to pick someone perceived to help get him elected like someone from a swing state or a woman.
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.
This would mean that Florida electors can’t vote for Trump/ De Santis if they are both registered in Florida.
The issue is that the Constitution forbids electors from giving their vote to both a President and Vice President from their state. So, in the case of a Trump/DeSantis ticket, Florida would have to cast its Vice-Presidential votes for someone else. That could easily throw the Vice-Presidential election to a contingency election in the Senate.
But as @BobLibDem says, the issue is easily avoided by the VP candidate changing residence, which is what Dick Cheney did prior to the 2000 election.
edit: ninjaed by @Peter_Morris
It’s hard for me to believe after all the times he called Haley birdbrain, but Mark Penn thinks Donald will pick a South Carolinian:
Maybe Penn is correct. Trump needs to win in November or else he probably goes to prison. The way to assure a win is a pivot to the center, and picking Haley, or, if she refuses the supposed honor, maybe Scott, would signal that without being an issues flip-flop. As for not trusting Haley, he can’t trust any of them.
Then, I do find old articles like this:
That is the funniest thing I’ve read today.
W did it. What was her name again? Harriet something.
For that you need SCUBA. A snorkel won’t allow you to go that deep.
Harriet Miers, who served in two staff positions in GWB’s White House (and had previously been his personal attorney), before he nominated her for the Supreme Court; her nomination was quickly withdrawn.
One of the positions she held at the White House was as Staff Secretary; ironically, her successor in that position was Brett Kavanaugh.