If Trump resigns or is impeached, who would Pence pick as VP?

[Chasstev365]

Thoughts?

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. My view - if Trump goes down, Pence will be sucked into the vortex with him.

the suck will be strong.

[Chasstev365]

2. That would be sweet!

[TDale313]

5. Probably.

But you have to go pretty damn far down the line of succession to get a Dem, and that assumes everything happening at once before new people can be chosen/elected.Yes, Paul Ryan or Mike Pence would be better than Trump. But that's a low friggin' bar.

Otoh, feeling cautiously optimistic about 2018.

[Doreen]

22. After trump aren't there like 23 more deplorables that would have to go down to clear

the way completely for a chance at something decent?

[Grammy23]

8. I don't see how he avoids it.

If the campaign is found to have colluded with the Russians doesn't that taint Pence, too? Seems like the whole ticket is ineligible to occupy the White House. And if the two men on the ticket shouldn't be there, what about the Cabinet and appointees? No wonder some legal experts say we're headed for a Constitutional crisis. I am pretty sure the Founding Fathers never envisioned quite the mess we're in.

[EL34x4]

31. The investigation seems to be targeting Trump's business deals.

Collision isn't a crime. Corruption is. Pence won't have anything to do with Trump's corrupt business deals.

Also, don't forget something important. The GOP Congress loathes President Trump. They're happy to step aside and see him thrown to the wolves.

On the other hand, Pence is part of the club. The GOP establishment will close ranks around him. They'll let Trump swing in the wind but not Pence. Vice President Mike Pence won't be going anywhere other that the White House. And Trump going anywhere prior to the end of his term in office is a pretty tall order.

[Cicada]

27. Rubio - Florida and Hispanic is electoral gold

[Grassy Knoll]

3. David Dukkke N/T

[SCantiGOP]

4. They think a lot of

Frederick Douglass.

[PoiBoy]

6. Sessions...

a full on theocratic wet dream...

[AJT]

7. Jesus

[SouthernIrish]

16. "Mother"

[herding cats]

9. Ted Cruz.

It makes a sort of sick sense if you think of it. They're both evangelical ideologues and Cruz was the second place person in the GOP primary.

[CK_John]

10. His pick would need to be cofirmed by the Congress so I would pick Mitch McConnell.

[demosincebirth]

21. No thanks, I see his mug in my sleep

[lunasun]

11. Mike huckster

[meow2u3]

12. His prosperity gospel preacher, maybe?

[Yupster]

13. Susanna Martinez

or another woman for sure. Nikki Haley?

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Michelle Bachmann, or that crazy creationist lady from the Field Museum

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-sanctions-20170802-story.html

[AJT]

20. He can't be in a room alone with a woman, so it can't be a woman.

That really shows the misogyny of that attitude.

[Yupster]

25. Yet his Lt. Governor in Indiana was a woman

Go figure.

He's a smart guy. He knows where his vulnerabilities lie, and that's why he did and would pick a woman.

[bluepen]

38. True! (And the funniest post I've seen today.)

[Sneederbunk]

14. Pence personally picked by Manafort. If Trump goes down, Pence goes down.

[no_hypocrisy]

15. Someone worthy to make the heads of The Left Explode

Judge Roy Moore of Alabama.

[Xolodno]

17. My money is on Sessions.

Why else would he put up with this bullshit.... I'm wagering he has deal with him and Congress will go along with the "persecuted" Attorney General.

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. Paul Ryan? n/t

[L. Coyote]

23. Scott Walker, because he's really good at fixing elections.

[dalton99a]

26. or Kobach

[Doreen]

24. How about whoever is as bad as he is when it comes to the bible thumping holier than thou

extreme right Christians?

[Motley13]

28. Rick Santorum, another religious fanatic

[Doreen]

39. Yup, sounds very likely to me.

[Wounded Bear]

29. Ralph Reed...

Having seen that snotty little asshole floating around lately, I suspect someone is lining him up for resurrection.

He'll try, but probably fail to nom him.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

30. Santorum.

Then NOBODY would want to impeach Pence.

[CanonRay]

32. More importantly, who would be Minister of Religion?

or head of the Morality Police?

[Not Ruth]

33. Romney

[PoorMonger]

34. Haley

I think she's auditioning for it now ; and it feels entirely like a Republican move to try and prove that they aren't inherently sexist or racist and she's their only twofer as far as that goes.

[Orrex]

35. His mother-wife.

[cheyanne]

36. Pence can be indicted for covering up corruption or lying to the FBI

Sessions can be indicted for obstruction of justice.

In Watergate 40 people were indicted or convicted of crimes.

[LeftInTX]

37. Ryan

[doc03]

40. Pat Robertson nt