Tag Archives: Veepstakes

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton and her tight inner circle have made a decision about who her running mate will be and the campaign is expected to make that announcement Friday, sources say. One source familiar with the process said Clinton is expected to let her supporters know who she picked sometime Friday, possibly before an afternoon event in Tampa. …

From the Washington Post: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia have emerged as the leading candidates among a longer list of finalists Hillary Clinton is considering to be her vice presidential running mate, according to interviews with multiple Democrats with knowledge of her deliberations. Although her list is not limited to those two, Clinton has …

The Weekly Standard did some eavesdropping: New Jersey governor Chris Christie was reportedly enraged he didn’t earn the VP spot, according to a top Trump campaign official. While minding my own business at the Starbucks inside the Westin hotel this morning, I saw a man engage Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in conversation about the VP selection process. The man, …

The event is scheduled to start at 11AM. Watch below. Via the Associated Press: Trump and Pence will appear together Saturday morning at a midtown Manhattan hotel, an unofficial kickoff event to the Republican National Convention two days before it opens in Cleveland. While Trump showcases his choice, Democrat Hillary Clinton’s team is already painting Pence’s conservative social viewpoints as …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump was reportedly so uncertain about his choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate that he asked some of his top staffers if he could back out of it late Thursday night, according to CNN’s Dana Bash and NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell. The alleged hesitance came at around midnight last night, Bash …

CBS News reports: Donald Trump on Thursday delayed his planned announcement of his running mate, citing the attacks in Nice, France. Trump, sources say, has decided on Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential candidate. Pence arrived in New York on Thursday evening, and Trump was expected to make a formal announcement on Friday in Manhattan. Those plans were …

Except not really. Via Mediaite: The latest major development in Donald Trump‘s presidential run has already prompted a new prank by his online critics. The mogul will be announcing his official pick for vice-president tomorrow, but more and more reports are suggesting that Indiana Governor Mike Pence will be the one to receive Trump’s final invitation. Unfortunately for them both, …

Just posted to Ann Coulter’s Facebook page: I won’t believe it, until I hear it from the Trump’s mouth. Pence is the combo-platter of disaster. He’s all in for corporate America bringing in as many guest workers as they please to replace American workers, tried to sell the monster amnesty as a “compromise bill.” (How about this compromise: We start …

Roll Call reports: Donald Trump is planning to announce that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is his choice for his vice presidential running mate, according to a Republican with direct knowledge of the decision. As Trump narrowed in on his choice of Pence, the two men spent time at both Trump’s golf resort in New Jersey in early July and at …

Chris Christie is apparently out. ABC News reports: The mystery surrounding Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick has reached a new height as the crowd of candidates has apparently thinned. Newt Gingrich expects to get a call from Trump about his vice presidential decision after 1 p.m. today, Gingrich told ABC News this morning via email. When asked whether he would …

And here just yesterday it was “definitely” going to be Mike Pence. From the New York Daily News: Fox News has suspended its contract with Newt Gingrich amidst growing buzz that he may be Donald Trump’s pick for a running mate. “Fox News Channel has mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich …

The right-wing Washington Times is getting a lot of notice this morning for their claim that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is a lock to be Trump’s running mate. They write: Scrambling among Indiana politicians has reached the point where Republican Party insiders are convinced that presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump will pick Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. …

This should prove very entertaining. Buzzfeed reports: Anti-Trump delegates are preparing a rules change proposal that would chart a path for delegates to choose their own vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention, instead of voting for Donald Trump’s choice. A draft proposal obtained by BuzzFeed News outlines several changes to Rule 40 that would make it easier for …

The Hill reports: Eric Trump on Thursday floated his sister Ivanka Trump as a potential running mate for his father. “She’s got the beautiful looks, she’s smart, she’s smart, smart, smart,” Eric Trump said Thursday on Fox News. “She’s certainly got my vote.” Trump noted that his sister will turn 35 just before the election — the minimum age required …

After Sen. Joni Ernst and Sen. Bob Corker furiously pedaled backwards away from Donald Trump today, the human Cheeto called into Fox News to declare that the media doesn’t even know about some of the ten people still on his shortlist. The Hill reports: “I’m actually looking at 10 people,” Trump said during an interview on Fox News with Kimberly …

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 …