(03-27-2020, 03:08 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(03-27-2020, 03:02 PM)TJBender Wrote: But Pence was selected to broaden Trump's appeal to evangelicals. I don't know exactly who Al Gore and Dan Quayle were supposed to appeal to. Gore wasn't a far out environmentalist yet, and Quayle was...well...Quayle. I would agree with Malabar that Cheney was the only VP candidate selected because he was the best man for the job, and even then I'd argue that it was at least as much because he was expected to do the job was it was for him to be ready to do it.

How do you know that Pence was selected solely to appeal to evangelicals?  Do you not think that he is doing a good job in his current position?  Perhaps he was selected because he was the best person for the job (as perceived by now President Trump).  He certainly wasn't selected because he is a white "older" male.

Those two aren't mutually exclusive.
Pence was selected so that he would check some boxes for the coalition.
He was not necessarily the best man for the job.
In fact, there are rumors that the job was offered to each of the top three challengers from the primary season, and all three declined. So Pence probably wasn't even Trump's first choice.
But that doesn't mean Pence is doing bad now.  He seems to be handling his role with the virus very well. His boss, on the other hand..m

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