Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is Donald Trump's VP pick

[DCBob]

Source: IndyStar

IndyStar has confirmed that Trump plans to announce Pence as his selection for vice president. A press conference will be held Friday to formally announce the decision. USA TODAY, Collin Brennan

Gov. Mike Pence is dropping his re-election bid in Indiana to become Donald Trump’s running mate.

IndyStar has confirmed that Trump plans to announce Pence as his selection for vice president, ending a weeks-long vice presidential casting call during which Trump vetted a handful of high-profile Republicans.

Trump's national campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said "a decision has not been made." A formal announcement is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday in Manhattan.

The long-awaited decision upends the political landscape in Indiana and at least partially remakes the Trump campaign in Pence’s image.

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/14/report-pence-trumps-vp-pick/87075866/

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That means Hillary is going to pick Tim Kaine... another white male Governor type from a major state.

[forest444]

1. Trump-Pence: the Third Reich meets the Middle Ages.

Or is it the other way around? It's hard to tell with those two.

[DCBob]

2. Pence only helps Trump with the GOPers.

I doubt he will help at all with anyone else.

[forest444]

6. I hear you - and I'm glad he chose such a divisive (and underachieving) apparatchnik.

Indiana was dead last in job creation in 2015, and has languished close to the bottom during the entire Pence tenure. Plus, the man has zero charisma.

An easy target, in so many ways.

[napi21]

43. I've also heard he was running for reelection and failing.

The reports didn't exactly say "failing" but did state he was having a very rough time of it. I HOPE that indicates that he will certainly harm Don the Con at least in Indiana and hopefully elsewhere too!

[forest444]

46. Between you and me,

I've always suspected that the rumors about the Donald being in this to deliberately sabotage the Rethugs' chances (both out of friendship with the Clintons and out of his own distate for the neo-fascist funk the GOP's been in over the past 20 years) were true.

Picking a zombie and liability like Pence would only reinforce that suspicion.

Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part.

[napi21]

48. Hmmm, maybe. It does explain why he says such outageous things.

I suspect even HE didn't expect to get away with them, but apparently the Rethugs are soo upset with their current bath of leaders, they'll accept almost anything as a replacement.

Funny though, even if all that is true, I don't think those Rethugs will get it that they're hated.

[shrike]

3. Oh. good God.

The man who made fools of us all out here in Hoosierland. He helped push through the anti-gay legislation that gave us that unwelcome spotlight for so long. Only silver lining -- he won't be our governor anymore. Good riddance.

[hamsterjill]

24. I feel your pain.

No Kaine!!!!

[rurallib]

5. Pence kind of fills in that hole in the hate lineup for LGBT doesn't it?

Trump has sewed up the Muslim, Mexican, black and immigrant hate segments of the spectrum.
Pence brings strong credentials to complete the LGBT segment.

We don't hear much about it but I am sure a tiny bit of research would bring up stirring hate for the poor from both.

What more could Republicans want - a ticket of hate and proud of it.

[aggiesal]

7. I think they got the headline wrong ...

It should be
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is Donald Trump's VP p[font color=red]r[/font]ick

[narnian60]

36. Hahahaha.

Good one.

[aggiesal]

8. Why would you pick a running mate ...

from a state that is already going red?

[DCBob]

10. I was wondering that too.

I think Trump choices were seriously limited.

[IronLionZion]

11. To shore up conservative votes

since Trump does not have enough family values

[Renew Deal]

12. Why did Obama pick Biden?

[aggiesal]

16. To get the Northeast voter ...

Delaware is too small a state. Very few Electoral College delegates.

Deleware has 3
Indiana has 11

[Renew Deal]

17. Are you serious?

Obama would have lost the northeast without Biden?

[aggiesal]

23. Probably not ...

but the NE is the highest densest populated area in the country.

[LeftyMom]

40. Trade for the evangelical endorsement.

Notice you quit hearing that Chris Christie was in the lead for the gig around when Dobson started claiming Trump had made a decision for Christ and become a baby Christian.

[turbinetree]

9. Well with his record, he will be able to get money into the drumpf shennigans train

https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Pence

[OKNancy]

13. When Hillary got the better of Pence

To read her words: http://www.shakesville.com/2009/04/clinton-pwns-pence.html

[Cryptoad]

14. That will almost assure Trump of carrying Indiana

[Fast Walker 52]

19. why? Pence is not popular here at all

[Cryptoad]

21. I hope u right,,,

it will b great to welcome Indiana back to the Blue side of the Map

[Zambero]

22. It's a throwaway state for Democrats

On the national level. Demographically it is primarily white blue collar. Sure, Obama barely won there in 2008, and at the time it went blue for the first time in 44 years, then red again 4 years later. There are truly competitive swing states that are far more worthy of pouring resources into.

[sofa king]

25. Pence is upside down already.

As governor, Pence's unfavorable ratings outweigh his favorable (42% versus 40%, according to another DU thread), and it was looking unlikely that he would be reelected as governor.

Taking Pence out of that race (Indiana prevents a candidate from running for both offices at the same time) gives Republicans a better chance of holding the governor's office, and that Republican candidate will have the ignominious duty of trying to carry the state for both himself and Trump.

It's pretty indicative of how screwed Republicans are this year: a loss-prevention move, not a reinforcing one, and its main purpose seems to be to hijack Pence's impressive donor train. It seems partly designed to protect turnout for the undercard races in the midwest, which Republicans are now in danger of losing across the board. It might not work.

[Cryptoad]

35. U wood thunk ,,,,

GOP would want somebody from one of the Big Four States that r critical must win states for the GOP , Ohio, Penn, Florida, and NC

[sofa king]

37. They haven't been real good at "thinking" lately, have they?

A darker explanation might be that Republicans feel they have vote theft nailed down in those other places and are now looking for a "plausible explanation" in Indiana as well.

But honestly, I don't think they have anything nailed down. Competence has left them entirely, and they are a ship of fools now, adrift in their sea of hatred.

[adigal]

39. I heard on CNN or MSNBC that Pence has ties to the Koch brothers nt

[bucolic_frolic]

15. The Libertine and the Prude

Ewwwwww! Is there a creepier pair anywhere?

[PassingFair]

18. This guy?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. .

.

[silvershadow]

29. No, this one:

[lordcommander]

31. LOL you win the internets today...

But Race Bannon is a much better person than Gov Pence.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. OMG

(and I used to watch that show)

Here's a glamour shot -



And here is what The 'Nuge will train him to do for the convention -

[Solly Mack]

26. Prump: to fart

[onehandle]

27. So they might win Indiana. BFD.

Anyway, Pence tried to kill James Bond.

Nobody is going to like that.

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[cloudbase]

28. Pence is probably the only person

who can make Al Gore look like the Tasmanian Devil.

[BlueStater]

30. They tried pizzazz with Palin and Ryan and it obviously didn't work out for them.

So boring, unremarkable guy it is.

[DLevine]

32. Tweedle Dumbass and Tweedle Dipshit. Perfect together. nt

[enid602]

33. TP

Trump-Pence; not worth a tuppence.

[Maeve]

42. I like that

I will use that!

[Person 2713]

38. Trumps voters probably didn't like that he didn't have enough homophobic hate in his speeches

This will balance out the ticket. He also tried to stop Syrians from relocating in Indiana along with all his Jesus stuff I think he is a good fit for a Trump type run. He brings Evil Koch money so nothing to lose for trump

[harun]

41. Agree, brings a full spectrum of Right Wing hate.

[IronLionZion]

44. Democrat John Gregg can win the governor's race in Indiana

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/19/latest-poll-race-governor-remains-tight/84616830/

While Trump/Pence lose the presidency in a historic landslide.



Let's make it happen

[DCBob]

47. Very possible..

[elaristotle]

45. No big surprise

What a sausage-fest at the Republican Convention it is going to be.

[mahina]

49. If waiting yesterday because of the attack in Nice was intended to get more news coverage,

I guess the coup in Turkey defeats that.

[tblue37]

50. And his military advisor is apparently as up on current events in the real

world as Pence and Trump are:

Trump Military Adviser Wants Deceased Iranian Leader To Denounce Nice Attack: Lt. General Michael Flynn called for Ayatollah Khomeini, who died in 1989, to condemn the attack.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-military-adviser-nice-attack-khomeini_us_5788f0c6e4b03fc3ee50788b

What a sharp team he has assembled!

[NuclearDem]

51. Win/win as far as this Hoosier is concerned.

Trump gets a terrible running mate, and Pence is ineligible to run for reelection here.