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61,000 people voted in Hannity's poll RE: a VP pick for Trump. Here are the results. (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2016 OP
There has been a lot of speculation that it'll be Gringrich ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #1
Agree Renew Deal May 2016 #5
I'm wondering if it'll be Rubio ... Kind of like extending The Apprentice brand ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #8
lol Renew Deal May 2016 #13
trump and gingrich both serial philanderers if would be fun calling the right wing evangelicals dembotoz May 2016 #15
Besides insider know-how and knowledge Turin_C3PO May 2016 #36
Newt! Newt! Newt! Newt! Newt! Newt! Buzz Clik May 2016 #2
Small correction ... pkdu May 2016 #3
Oh, my. That doesn't sound nice at all! Buzz Clik May 2016 #6
Someone needs to help Hannity and Company with their "Arabic" writing: Buzz Clik May 2016 #4
I see what you did there! Canoe52 May 2016 #7
funny, is it not, the folk who thing they can pick veep oldandhappy May 2016 #9
Barf. n/t Paper Roses May 2016 #10
Tied for 2nd place is "other"? arcane1 May 2016 #11
That was my favorite part Miles Archer May 2016 #14
I wanted to vote for Charlie sheen Egnever May 2016 #22
Did you see him play the President in "Machete Kills?" Miles Archer May 2016 #24
Hadn't seen that Egnever May 2016 #28
I honestly would rather see Charlie Sheen in jomin41 May 2016 #34
Trump loves polls. He frames all his stump speeches around current polling data. procon May 2016 #12
He's just a bloviating meanie. He needs someone who will counteract that. MADem May 2016 #16
I just hope that he doesn't pick C. Rice...that would be a killer.nt clarice May 2016 #17
Some freepers are drooling over that concept Miles Archer May 2016 #25
What about Norquist? What about Oliver North? No Greenspan? IDemo May 2016 #18
Ads for Newt write themselves... JHB May 2016 #19
No "Veepy McVeepFace"? Glassunion May 2016 #20
I see what you did there Brother Buzz May 2016 #30
I guess Bush is part of other pressbox69 May 2016 #21
I guess NM Gov Suzanna Martinez is out of the running womanofthehills May 2016 #23
Freepers love her too... Miles Archer May 2016 #26
She's bad, but too good for La Don, apparently jomin41 May 2016 #35
I can't remember who has more wives- The Donald, or Fig Newton? nt silvershadow May 2016 #27
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is Still Dead ThoughtCriminal May 2016 #29
I don't know why, but it bothers me when ... surrealAmerican May 2016 #31
Me too. It sullies the entire poll when... Whiskeytide May 2016 #37
Possible VP picks are... mobyz May 2016 #32
I think Petraeus could make a go for it in 2020 or 2024... TipTok May 2016 #39
Huntsman would never do it. I'm hearing a lot about Ernst. morningfog May 2016 #41
Let it be Newt! book_worm May 2016 #33
Newt didn't rule it out on Hannity... TipTok May 2016 #38
None of the above Albertoo May 2016 #40
He should pick child molester Dennis Hastert - milestogo May 2016 #42
i can't think of a more loathsome twosome spanone May 2016 #43
My pick is Palin. tavernier May 2016 #44
They didn't include Alfred E. Neumann??? raven mad May 2016 #45
Great! They have 6 wives between them. nt winstars May 2016 #46
"Other" Warren DeMontague May 2016 #47
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
1. There has been a lot of speculation that it'll be Gringrich ...
Mon May 9, 2016, 04:02 PM
May 2016

but I don't know that those two egos can co-exist in the same room.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
8. I'm wondering if it'll be Rubio ... Kind of like extending The Apprentice brand ...
Mon May 9, 2016, 04:10 PM
May 2016

"Come one! Come all! Watch as the Donald turns a proven, hapless loser, into something GREAT!"

Renew Deal

(81,899 posts)
13. lol
Mon May 9, 2016, 04:17 PM
May 2016

Unity wise Rubio would be good. He's also a good debater. But he's really not that into hard work. Not sure if the voters care. On the other hand, the VP doesn't have all that much to do.

dembotoz

(16,866 posts)
15. trump and gingrich both serial philanderers if would be fun calling the right wing evangelicals
Mon May 9, 2016, 04:24 PM
May 2016

hypocrites

oh wait i already do

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
4. Someone needs to help Hannity and Company with their "Arabic" writing:
Mon May 9, 2016, 04:06 PM
May 2016

>1 means "greater than one"

They need: <1, "less than one" for Walker's tally.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
24. Did you see him play the President in "Machete Kills?"
Mon May 9, 2016, 08:26 PM
May 2016

It was classic. He was billed under his real name ("...and Introducing Carlos Estevez&quot .



jomin41

(559 posts)
34. I honestly would rather see Charlie Sheen in
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:44 PM
May 2016

the Oval Office (or one heartbeat away), than Trump or any of these clowns.

procon

(15,805 posts)
12. Trump loves polls. He frames all his stump speeches around current polling data.
Mon May 9, 2016, 04:17 PM
May 2016

So, Gingrich is gonna be his VP... unless another poll picks someone else.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
16. He's just a bloviating meanie. He needs someone who will counteract that.
Mon May 9, 2016, 05:03 PM
May 2016

Thing is, he doesn't want anyone who is more personable than himself (not that he's a charmer, but he has a LARGE personality). Gingrich is as pompous an ass as he is. Palin is too large for life and goes off script routinely. Huckabee is probably the best one in terms of his avuncular nature, but the danger is that the VP would be more popular than the P-candidate.

Jindal is a good pick because a) He won't outshine the boss, b) He's inoculation against the "TRUMP, YOU RACIST FUCK" charges (See? See? I picked the little brown one!!!) I guess I have to say because we've got way too many irony-impaired here, nowadays....

Christie is in the Cheney seat, but I doubt history will repeat--Christie's loyalty will earn him a promise that he'll be the AG (though he'll work hard for naught).

What a motley crew!

JHB

(37,166 posts)
19. Ads for Newt write themselves...
Mon May 9, 2016, 05:31 PM
May 2016

"You all remember Newt Gingrich, don't you? He wS the lying serial-philandering Republican Speaker from the 90s who wasn't a child molester."

pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
21. I guess Bush is part of other
Mon May 9, 2016, 05:40 PM
May 2016

after all the GOP hasn't taken the White House since 1972 without a Bush on the ticket.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
26. Freepers love her too...
Mon May 9, 2016, 08:29 PM
May 2016

...and the last time I looked, outside of this poll, she's on the list of people being considered.

jomin41

(559 posts)
35. She's bad, but too good for La Don, apparently
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:52 PM
May 2016

May 05, 2016, 02:32 pm
Susana Martinez not interested in being Trump's VP
By Harper Neidig


New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has no interest in being presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, the Weekly Standard reported Thursday.


"The Governor has said repeatedly over the years that she isn’t interested in serving as Vice President. She appreciates that such attention puts New Mexico in the spotlight, but she is fully committed to serving the people of our state," said Chris Sanchez, a spokesman for Martinez.


ThoughtCriminal

(14,052 posts)
29. Generalissimo Francisco Franco is Still Dead
Mon May 9, 2016, 08:56 PM
May 2016

But if he wasn't, and not Spanish, he would probably out-poll Christie.

surrealAmerican

(11,369 posts)
31. I don't know why, but it bothers me when ...
Mon May 9, 2016, 09:04 PM
May 2016

... they mix up the > and < symbols. The first is "greater than"; the second is "less than".

Whiskeytide

(4,463 posts)
37. Me too. It sullies the entire poll when...
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:58 PM
May 2016

... they can't get that kind of thing right. What else did they screw up?

It's easy. Since third grade the < looks like an L for less than. Sheesh.

mobyz

(10 posts)
32. Possible VP picks are...
Mon May 9, 2016, 09:04 PM
May 2016

Rick Scott (Trump will need Florida)
Jon Huntsman (this pick will solve his problem with Mormons)
Jodi Ernest (Iowa is important)
John Kasich (Ohio is a must win for Republicans).
Possibly a military guy (Republicans like to pretend they're the party that cares about the military). Too bad General Petraeus was caught in a sex scandal.


 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
39. I think Petraeus could make a go for it in 2020 or 2024...
Mon May 9, 2016, 11:10 PM
May 2016

Time will have passed since the incident...

If it all hadn't happened, I suspect he would have been the nominee this year and Hillary would have been in a world of hurt.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
41. Huntsman would never do it. I'm hearing a lot about Ernst.
Mon May 9, 2016, 11:19 PM
May 2016

You have to remember, trumps all brand focused.

TRUMP-ERNST, fits his idea of his brand better than the others. He doesn't think, care about, or understand political considerations. But Ernst fits the bill regardless. She's military, Iowa, conservative, faux rabble-rouser and a woman. Trump would keep his misogynist attacks up on Hillary and then say "I love women, I'm running with a woman, look, she's the best kind of woman."

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
38. Newt didn't rule it out on Hannity...
Mon May 9, 2016, 11:09 PM
May 2016

... but he also said that Trump has said some pretty 'dumb things'...

 

Albertoo

(2,016 posts)
40. None of the above
Mon May 9, 2016, 11:16 PM
May 2016

All of the choices suggested here would drag Trump down.
He's shrewd, he'll pick a middle aged woman with some legislative experience.
Probably from a minority, Black or Latina.

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