Changed Stakes

The assassination attempt on Trump has changed the stakes of the Presidential race. Democrats predictably said the right thing initially, but now that we are a day or two away from the shock are back at it.

Democrats are so afraid, the Bolshevik water-carrying show Morning Joe was pulled off the air on MSNBC.

The Democratic Party isn’t Tip O Neill’s Democratic Party. It’s Billy Ayers Democratic Party. Bill Ayers mentored Obama and Obama’s minions are running the show.

They aren’t interested in compromise. Violence is just one strategy they use to take over institutions. They work on the inside and hollow the institution out. Frankly, I don’t want to compromise with a socialist/communist. I’d rather punch them in the mouth.

I was going to vote for Trump but after this weekend, I will crawl over glass to vote for Trump. I submitted my resume and would work for his administration if given the opportunity.

The failed attempt changes the stakes on the VP pick. It can’t be a person like Mike Pence. Pence was picked in 2016 to placate the establishment and to placate evangelicals. Trump is a known quantity today.

I think he needs someone who can win in 2028 and be a consecutive two-term President who will hold and extend Republican majorities in both houses of Congress. Trump has a lot of work to do, or Democratic damage to undo. It can’t be done in four years.

In the VP Sweepstakes that dynamic eliminates certain names. I think JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, and Tim Scott are out. I am showing my own bias here because I prefer governors or executives to people from Congress. Each of them have benefits and is qualified to be a VP in a normal election. This is not a normal election.

That leaves Doug Burgum, Glenn Youngkin, Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis.

I don’t think Burgum is dynamic enough. I don’t think he can win in 2028, even with a four-year head start. He is still a relatively unknown quantity, though he was successful in business so you have to assume he’s a good executor.

Nikki would be a good choice for the Establishment wing of the Republican Party but not popular with the MAGA crowd. Despite all that has happened, the election will still be close. Democrats will vote for an invalid before they stay home or vote for competence. I wouldn’t count her out. If Trump thinks he needs the Establishment to win, she’s in the running. I am not privy to inside political calculus. I assume they know better than the rest of the pollsters.

Ron DeSantis clearly has crushed it in Florida. Amazing he won his first election by a slim margin. But, since then he has turned Florida from a swing state to a red state. He’s changed southeast FL which was deep blue to purple. He’s made some mistakes for sure, but he is great at articulating his actions so everyone knows where he stands. A lot of Republicans were hoping he could win this time around, but he never got traction. Trump was just that good.

That leaves Glenn Youngkin. Youngkin’s background is business. He is Trump like without the same kind of rhetoric. He was a big time Private Equity guy managing billions of dollars and was very successful. He can make deals. He’s smart. He won Virginia and if Trump wins Virginia, he is President. Maybe he can bring Larry Hogan and Maryland into the fold? Youngkin seems to me to be a better choice than someone like Burgum. His big wart is how Republicans did in Virginia’s midterm elections.

If Trump picks DeSantis or Youngkin, I think it would be a great pick. I’d love to see each of them debate the current VP. They’d run circles around her even if she was given the questions in advance.