(03-27-2020, 05:13 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(03-27-2020, 04:16 PM)mikesez Wrote: 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

Can you cite any credible source for that?  I would counter that Pence was exactly the right man for the job and is doing it well.  Which "boxes" does it check?  You liberals are the only ones that tend to do identity politics.

You want a credible source for rumors? That's an oxymoron!
Kasich says Donald Trump Jr. offered the job.  
We know that Trump has used his son for sensitive messages before.
And Kasich hasn't been caught lying about something important like this before.
Kasich was the second or third strongest rival to Trump Sr. during the campaign.  It seems likely that Trump Jr. approached Cruz first.
But Trump's team may have been locked in on getting a governor from the Rust Belt, and maybe Kasich was the only person besides Pence that got the call.

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