Tag Archives: Veepstakes

Trump is too extreme even for famed hog-castrator Joni Ernst: The GOP senator met with Trump on Monday and received effusive praise afterward, with Trump predicting he will “see her again.” But it likely won’t be as his running mate. “I made that very clear to him that I’m focused on Iowa. I feel that I have a lot more …

As Breitbart did yesterday, the Drudge Report has launched a reader poll on Donald Trump’s running mate. At this writing Newt Gingrich is leading the 372,000 responses at 41%, with Sen. Joni Ernst in second place with 31%. Unlike the Breitbart poll, which provided 15 choices, Drudge only gave his readers six options: Gingrich, Ernst, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, …

From Breitbart: They say the proof is in the pudding, and Breitbart readers have proven that they have their collective finger on the pulse of American politics more than pundits and talking heads. When we launched the Breitbart Primary Straw Poll with a packed slate of over a dozen candidates, Breitbart readers consistently chose Donald Trump as the nominee. They …

CNN reports: New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is now referring questions about whether he is being vetted as a potential running mate for Hillary Clinton to her campaign — a shift from as recently as two weeks ago, when he flatly denied he was in the running for the job. “I’m just referring questions about the vice presidency to the …

CNN reports: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — a former Donald Trump rival turned top defender — is being vetted as a possible running mate for the presumptive Republican nominee, a source confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Christie has received the official paperwork for the vetting process, according to a source with knowledge of the process. Trump has said he …

CBS News reports: Clinton and Warren joined hands and waved to a cheering crowd in their first joint appearance. Warren told the crowd in Cincinnati, Ohio, “I’m here today because I’m with her,” and said Democrats would “work our hearts out” to make Clinton president. Warren is offering a harsh critique of Republican Donald Trump. She says he looks “goofy” …

From the Washington Post: Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton will meet privately Friday morning, according to two knowledgeable Democrats. The sit-down, coming just hours after the Massachusetts senator formally endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee, will fuel speculation about her prospects as a potential vice presidential pick. The women have had several conversations over the past month, including one that lasted …

Sure he does. Via Politico: Donald Trump is ready for a general-election fight with Elizabeth Warren. “Pocahontas is at it again! Goofy Elizabeth Warren, one of the least productive U.S. Senators, has a nasty mouth. Hope she is V.P. choice,” Trump tweeted Friday morning, hours after Warren assailed the presumptive Republican nominee during a speech at the American Constitution Society, …

Reuters reports: Senator Elizabeth Warren will soon endorse presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and, while not currently interested in serving as her running mate, has not ruled it out, several sources close to Warren told Reuters. Advisers to Warren, a fiery critic of Wall Street and a popular figure among progressive Democrats, have been in close contact with Clinton’s …

The Hill reports: Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday fueled speculation that he could be Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential pick with an all-out assault on Donald Trump at a campaign event in New Jersey. “The issues we hear Donald Trump talking about are just so contrary to who we are as a people,” the first-term senator said at a Clinton …

The Hill reports: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders dodged a question in a Sunday interview about whether he’d serve as Hillary Clinton’s vice president if she secures the nomination. “I’m knocking my brains out to win the Democratic nomination,” Sanders said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” When asked if he’d take the call if Clinton asked him to be his …

The Hill recaps: Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton played a game of “Who’d You Rather” to try to choose her running mate, quickly ruling out rival Bernie Sanders. Appearing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in an episode airing Wednesday, Clinton was asked to choose who she’d want as a running mate as two famous people appeared on a screen. “We’ll …

One day after offering himself up to be Hillary’s running mate. The Hill reports: Cuban, who called himself an independent, said he would also be open to discussing a vice presidential spot with Trump. “I’d have the same conversation for Donald,” he said. “I think Donald has a real chance to win, and that’s scary to a lot of people. …

ESPN reports: Though Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he doesn’t have the time to run for President of the United States, he thinks he can find the time to serve as potential Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton’s vice president. In an excerpt of an interview that will air on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, Cuban was asked if …

The Washington Post reports: Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon turned presidential candidate turned unfiltered pitchman for Donald Trump and now part of the presumptive nominee’s vice presidential search committee, sat in the back of a Town Car with his wife, Candy, on his way to a televised interview. He had just explained to the reporter riding along that he wanted no …

Via Politico: Newt Gingrich endorsed Donald Trump on Wednesday night while not explicitly ruling out the notion that he could join the Manhattan businessman’s ticket in the fall. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, the former House speaker said: “I endorse Donald Trump. I am going to work very hard for the nominee.” Gingrich said he had not …

The Hill reports: Democrats are openly hoping that Hillary Clinton will pick Elizabeth Warren as her running mate. Amid concerns that supporters of Bernie Sanders will choose to stay home on Election Day, a number of Democrats see a Clinton-Warren alliance as an all-woman dream team that could ignite deep enthusiasm in the progressive base and make the 2016 Democratic …

The Hill reports: Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Friday left the door open to being Hillary Clinton’s running mate if she were to offer him the position after the party’s convention this summer. “Right now, we are focused on the next five weeks of winning the Democratic nomination. If that does not happen, we are going to fight as …

Last year Rick Perry declared that Donald Trump is a “cancer on conservatism.” Apparently the cure for cancer has been found: Rick Perry would be open to being the vice presidential candidate on a ticket with Donald Trump, CNN reported. “I will be open to any way I can help. I’m not going to say no,” the former governor of …

From the Wall Street Journal: Just days after his last two rivals quit the presidential race, Donald Trump’s effort to choose a vice president is beginning to take shape and it could provoke the ire of conservatives in the party. While rank-and-file conservatives are searching for a signal that Mr. Trump shares their values, Ben Carson, a former GOP rival …