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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHow many days will Pence last???IMO, he will be dumped a few
days after Hillary makes her pick.
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How many days will Pence last???IMO, he will be dumped a few (Original Post)
CK_John
Jul 2016
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whistler162
(11,155 posts)1. He just needs to remember two little words.....
Yes, Sir.
C_U_L8R
(49,123 posts)2. Trump will blame their suggestive logo on Pence
and fire his, umm, butt.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)3. He can blame his kids.
Chemisse
(31,301 posts)4. Dumping a VP pick after the announcement has been made would be a first.
But I put nothing past that cockwomble.
oasis
(53,434 posts)8. McGovern dumped Eagleton in '72 after backing him "1,000 percent".
Chemisse
(31,301 posts)9. Ahhh. I did not remember that!
I wasn't old enough to vote then, but I was paying attention to politics.
Journeyman
(15,433 posts)11. Eagleton also had mental health issue come to light . . .
right or wrong, there was a political calculation to the decision.
MADem
(135,425 posts)5. Naaah. He's in it for the duration. The "TP" ticket is going to take a swipe at America!
Pence had to 'disinvite' himself from the election for governor in order to run with Trump.
Republicans will never forgive Trump if he took away Pence from that race to dump him later. They would find a way to toss him off the ticket.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)7. But does Pence know how to tweet???
MADem
(135,425 posts)12. He'll learn....or he'll get the business end of T-Rump's wrath!!!!!

uhnope
(6,419 posts)6. I predict that as long as he keeps kissing Trump's ass, he's in
totodeinhere
(13,688 posts)10. I'm not sure if they can dump him after he has been formally nominated.
Maybe someone else knows.
