Trump announces Pence will be his running mate -- discussion thread

[Ronnie]

The fact that Ann Coulter has been railing against him makes me worried that he might be a better choice than we've believed.

[psychprofessor]

If your one signature domestic issue is trade, how do you select someone who is about as pro-free trade , pro TPP as possible? And Trump thinks he can appeal to Sanders voters? Couple that with Pence's extreme anti-LGBT, anti-evolution stances and this is a horrendous pick. If you need to perform better with college educated whites, go right ahead and select the anti-science, anti-gay governor from Indiana.

[Xing]

Nightmare ticket becomes more nightmarish. More news at 11.

[Comrade Funk]

If your one signature domestic issue is trade, how do you select someone who is about as pro-free trade , pro TPP as possible? And Trump thinks he can appeal to Sanders voters? Couple that with Pence's extreme anti-LGBT, anti-evolution stances and this is a horrendous pick. If you need to perform better with college educated whites, go right ahead and select the anti-science, anti-gay governor from Indiana.

[Gass3268]

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John Dingell's twitter account is a national treasure

[Holmes]

I can't believe they released a logo in which everyone will think it's a P being screwed by a T.

[Deblano]

oh my f**king god who designed that logo

I bet Donald Trump designed it himself with his new crayola set of crayons.

[Xing]

I can't believe they released a logo in which everyone will think it's a P being screwed by a T.

While we might think the P stands for Pence, it actually stands for People, as in all of us, i.e. we're all screwed if Trump wins.

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Why not Gingrich?

[PeteB]

Here is some free help for the hapless campaign:

What they should do:
 OR


Or they can get imaginative:

Trump/Pence (the urban/rural duo):


King Trump (and Pence):



Or, as the Democrats would design it:

[Ronnie]

I can only imagine Scott Adams' reaction to the logo:

"Trump's logo subliminally reminds people of sex!  And sex is a wonderful thing!  Genius!  Genius, I say!"

[Nym90]

There is zero evidence that running mates help in the region that they are from. They help a little in their own home states, a couple of percentage points. They also don't hurt much either, even when they are clearly unqualified/unprepared (Quayle, Palin, etc.)

So it really makes the most sense to pick someone that the Presidential candidate has a good personal rapport with, and can work well with once in office. Picking them for political reasons is almost never a good idea.

[Drew]

This logo looks like something that Westboro would protest.  I'm sure they're on their way to Trump Tower as we speak.

[PeteB]

If they don't fix the logo, thay might as well use this one:

[psychprofessor]

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Scoop: @realDonaldTrump was so unsure about @mike_pence that around midnight last night he asked top aides if he could get out of it

Yeah, attack in France my arse. He didn't want Pence and was looking for a way to dump him.

[F_S_USATN]

Dana BashVerified account
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Scoop: @realDonaldTrump was so unsure about @mike_pence that around midnight last night he asked top aides if he could get out of it

Yeah, attack in France my arse. He didn't want Pence and was looking for a way to dump him.

I believe this was "leaked" so Pence becomes as much of the blame on Nov 9 as possible.

[PeteB]

Dana BashVerified account
‏@DanaBashCNN
Scoop: @realDonaldTrump was so unsure about @mike_pence that around midnight last night he asked top aides if he could get out of it

Yeah, attack in France my arse. He didn't want Pence and was looking for a way to dump him.

The question is - How is Mike Pence feeling now, after reading this?

[psychprofessor]

Dana BashVerified account
‏@DanaBashCNN
Scoop: @realDonaldTrump was so unsure about @mike_pence that around midnight last night he asked top aides if he could get out of it

Yeah, attack in France my arse. He didn't want Pence and was looking for a way to dump him.

The question is - How is Mike Pence feeling now, after reading this?

I hope we get an honest to goodness behind the scenes account of this dumpster fire of a campaign after it ends...the intrigue and back stabbing will be enormous. Gingrich and Christie are both fat egotists and I can bet they will tell all...can't wait to read what really happened in those final hours between Ivanka, Trump, etc...

[Skye]

Jesus Christ, that logo is awful.

[Wiz in Wis]

Jesus Christ, that logo is awful.

Tee hee...

[Crumpets]

People will also look at the logo and read "'TP' sounds like 'TPP.' I'm against free trade so I'll vote for Clinton." Just like that woman who refused to vote for Goldwater or whomever because he was going to "Get rid of the TV" when he was proposing to get rid of the TVA.

[dspNY]

People will also look at the logo and read "'TP' sounds like 'TPP.' I'm against free trade so I'll vote for Clinton." Just like that woman who refused to vote for Goldwater or whomever because he was going to "Get rid of the TV" when he was proposing to get rid of the TVA.

Wait, so Trump unwittingly gave the anti-free trade platform to Clinton LOL

[HilLarry]

NBC is reporting that Trump was trying to get out of the pick last night.

Should be an interesting 5 months...

[dspNY]

NBC is reporting that Trump was trying to out of the pick last night.

Should be an interesting 5 months...

Well the last time a presidential candidate had to change their VP after the convention was McGovern ditching Eagleton in '72

[Gass3268]

NBC is reporting that Trump was trying to out of the pick last night.

Should be an interesting 5 months...

Wow, both NBC And CNN have said something to this regard.