3. Pence knows how to present himself - but that, to me, just makes him that much worse.
With Cheeto, what you see is what you get.
Pence, on the other hand, strikes me as slick religious zealot à la Ralph Reed: enough social skills to appear sane; but in reality capable of anything.
That said, the way things are going we'll probably end up with him as president pretty soon anyway - so I certainly hope I'm wrong.