Chris Christie will be the orange one's running mate.

[BlueStater]

That's my latest prediction, based on two factors:

1) Trump is a goddamn disaster, regardless if he actually wins ( ) or not. No Republican with any national ambitions or any sort of potential political future is going to want to attach their names to a racist, sexist, bigoted, ignorant, loudmouthed, egotistical, insane man-child.

2) His running mate would have to be somebody with absolutely no pride left who would actually be willing to play second banana to the biggest douchebag to be nominated by a major political party to the presidency in modern times.

Christie's career is over. His approval ratings in New Jersey are in the toilet. He has nothing left to lose. And he's already demonstrated that he's perfectly willing to let MC Small-Hands make a fool out of him in public.

I think he'll be the one.

[TDale313]

1. Well, he brings nothing really to the ticket

It's about as close to saying "my running mate is me" as Trump could probably find. So yeah, you could be right

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Since Christie has already handed Trump his cojones on a platter,

and has been reduced to fetching burgers from McDonald's for him, he obviously no longer has a shred of self-respect left. In exchange for the publicity (or notoriety) of being on the ticket, Christie will carry Trump's luggage, do his laundry for him and generally act as valet and gofer. "Please, sir, may I have another?" Poor Chris...

[applegrove]

3. Plus there is a clear path to the Presidency when Trump gets impeached.

[former9thward]

7. Just curious.

Who is going to impeach him? The House will be Republican

[applegrove]

11. When he insists on deporting 11 million undocumented workers in his first

year in office and wages start to rise huge, the GOP will be lining up impeach him. When he begins to tear up trade agreements he'll have to go it alone and the GOP will impeach him. He hasn't spent his life going on gut instinct to stop once he is elected. They will not be able to control him. They'd rather have a Trump impeached and lose the next presidential election than be stained by him. The GOP after all carefully crafted wages to fall and keep falling by refusing to Keynesian spend during the great recession. Worked until the boomers started to retire and then wages started to rise again. After all the GOP was only in the wilderness for one election cycle after Nixon resigned.

[UTUSN]

4. Probably, since CHRISTIE has exposing his cravenness shamelessly.

&, if we are cursed enough for DRUMPF to actually take power, one of his first acts will be to fire CHRISTIE, just to be able to brag that he said, "You're fired" to a U.S. veep.

[oberliner]

5. Zero chance of that happening

Less than zero.

[gratuitous]

6. No, I think Christie is angling for Attorney General

Not that Gov. Christie is in any danger of being employed in a Trump administration.

[No Vested Interest]

8. Christie doesn't know his way aound D.C.; Donald needs a D C. Insider. nt

[trusty elf]

9. I think Christie will be offered a cabinet position:

Chief Chicken Choker

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[Mendocino]

10. Trump and Christie

The walls and bridges candidates.