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Leros's avatar

First, I can't square the circle of how someone can be "adamantly Never Trump" yet "so tempted" to vote for a Trump-Haley ticket. Second, your comment is exactly the reason I still think there is a 20% chance Nikki will be Trump's VP pick. Trump's advisors know this will be a razor close election, and picking Nikki provides the permission structure for certain voters to pretend that a vote for a Trump-Nikki ticket is ok because either Nikki will moderate Trump (laughable if not so dangerous) or Trump will die in office or be forced to resign because he will inevitably be impeached for yet another high crime (pure self-serving hopium). Nikki herself left this option open in her speech ending her campaign with: "It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him, and I hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people. This is now his time for choosing." In other words, Nikki can now jump in as VP and say "well Trump has now earned the votes of my supporters so I'm proud to be his VP."

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Greg Hanson's avatar

Reading this the day after Haley torched the remaining shreds of her dignity in announcing she would vote for Trump. The process has begun. Hopefully Mr. Clare's wife prevails upon his better nature.

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Leros's avatar

Nikki hopium is a helluva drug.

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