Clinton VP news LATEST: Podesta now calling the losers to tell them its not them

[Lyin' Steve]

Sessions wants it.  He's Trump's safety pick.

[Lyin' Steve]

Trump should pick Bernie.  Make it an outsiders vs. insiders election.   He'll lose half the Republican party but he could get away with "it's not the policy that matters, it's that we're the only two politicians willing to take on a corrupt, rigged system."  All the Bernie Bros. would come over and he'd win a lot of angry moderates as well.  It would throw the election into total chaos.  Bernie is selfish enough that he might accept.  Anything for "the message", right?

[Lyin' Steve]

My view is that, to win, Trump needs to choose an "attack dog", someone who has a similar temperament, will back up Trump, and has similarly styled rhetoric.  That would back up his status as an outsider.  If he picks a generic politician, it just won't work and might end up being rather awkward.  Trump needs somebody that is willing to get up on stage and scream with him.  I don't know if he will do that.

I really don't get why Gingrich is on the list.  It's not like he comes from a swing state or has any characteristics other than being conservative that Trump needs.

1.  Gingrich is canny and resourceful, he's a clever and original fighter, just like Trump.
2.  Gingrich has a certain gravitas and pedigree that Trump needs.
3.  Gingrich actually seems to want the job, so he won't disagree with Trump or be a dead weight, like say Kasich.

[Lyin' Steve]

I don't think Palin's being considered.  That sounds like a typical flippant Carson comment.

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wat

wat TF is more like it.

Doesn't that actually mean he paid up to the mafia?
The movie was a money laundering operation, technically it's the highest-grossing film of all time because the mafia owned the pornographic movie theaters and would launder money through movie tickets to Deep Throat.

[Lyin' Steve]

If he announces his VP this week he'll lose momentum when Bernie drops out on June 8 and Hillary as the presumptive nominee takes over the press for a week.  Every news outlet will be required to write a version of "let's just pause for a moment and acknowledge how historic it is that we now have a female presidential nominee of a major party."  There will be some fawning analysis of how she brought about her inevitable victory.  Sanders die-hards may stir up trouble, further distracting the press from Trump's VP.  Sanders' endorsement speech will be thoroughly analyzed for any hint of malcontent or begrudgement.

I think Trump wants to pick his VP at a moment when he can ride a wave of momentum.  June 14 would be smart.  If he does it June 8 he's picking a fight he might very well lose if his VP isn't interesting enough, which right now seems likely.

[Lyin' Steve]

Kellyanne Conway

The Cruz Super PAC lady?  Good steal for Trump, I've always been impressed every time I've seen her.

[Lyin' Steve]

Maybe they think "Trump is the candidate of hate" is already played out, so the RFRA negative on Pence is neutralized, and the prestige of a governorship and willingness to go along with the plan is the positive.  Seems like he's a pretty good speaker/debater and was highly thought of as a governor, I remember people talking about him as a potential candidate.

[Lyin' Steve]

Vilsack #2 on PredictIt, still don`t know where the hype is coming from...

[Lyin' Steve]

Warren, originally listed as Monday night's Keynote Speaker, is now suddenly missing from the line-up provided by Politico.

Warren was doing the keynote?

That article just seems to have the really really big guns plus some weird one-offs.  I mean Warren's big but she's not Sanders or a prez/vp/flotus.

[Lyin' Steve]

Why on earth is she texting it out with no context in the middle of the evening on a day where the media cycle is already full?  Not only will it be the second most important news of the day, but she's letting others define the story for her instead of building a story herself with a big glowing press conference about Kaine.  Just wait a day.

[Lyin' Steve]

Why on earth is she texting it out with no context in the middle of the evening on a day where the media cycle is already full?  Not only will it be the second most important news of the day, but she's letting others define the story for her instead of building a story herself with a big glowing press conference about Kaine.  Just wait a day.

You all care wayyyy too much about winning worthless daily news cycles. Just like nobody cares about Pence now, nobody will care about Kaine in a week anyway.

Maybe people would care more about Pence if Trump had owned an entire weekend with the story he wanted.  Pence should have been better for Trump than he has.  Of course, the flawed rollout and awkward interview didn't help.