UPDATE:This Indy Star confirmed that Gov. Mike Pence would be Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate. As a result, the Indiana governor abandoned his plans to seek re-election.
Gov. Mike Pence is dropping his re-election bid in Indiana to become Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate.
IndyStar has confirmed that Trump plans to announce Pence as his vice presidential running mate, ending a weeks-long vice presidential casting process in which Trump vetted a handful of prominent Republicans.
Katie also wrote that Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and senior communications adviser Jason Miller tweeted that no decision had been made yet. However, THill and Major Garrett from CBS News they confirm that Pence will be Trump’s running mate. We’ll keep you updated
UPDATE II:The source says Reuters Agency that Trump told Republican Party officials that Governor Pence would be his vice presidential candidate.
URGENT: Trump tells GOP officials he has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate – source
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) July 14, 2016
UPDATE III:Governor Pence reportedly flew to the New York area. Newt Gingrich said whoever the vice president is needs to know by today so he can go to New York for the announcement.
Source confirms Pence left Indiana on plane en route to New York
— Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) July 14, 2016
UPDATE IV:Speculation about… Pence.
Just to @CNN:Donald Trump called Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and offered him the vice presidential spot on his ticket. Pence accepted the offer.
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) July 14, 2016
UPDATE V:In lightweight of what appears to be a horrific attack in Nice, France, Trump has postponed his press conference until tomorrow where Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was to be introduced as his vice presidential running mate.
In lightweight of the terrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow’s press conference at which I will announce my candidacy for vice president.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2016
While an announcement is not expected until Friday, a Republican with knowledge of the vice presidential election he said Appeal that Donald Trump plans to choose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate. Patricia Murphy wrote, “In addition to testing the men’s chemistry together, Trump was reportedly impressed by Pence’s calm demeanor, his experience on Capitol Hill and as governor, and Pence’s potential to help Trump govern if he wins in November.”
There was also speculation that Newt Gingrich would be considered as Trump’s vice presidential candidate. Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, with his children, I met with the governor Yesterday.
URGENT: Trump to select Mike Pence as vice president, source says. https://t.co/biQg5aca9Y @1PatriciaMurphy
— Roll Call (@rollcall) July 14, 2016
Governor Pence recently sealed his congress library until 2022. The records could be released if the governor dies before that date. That’s 12 years of records from his term in Congress. Michael Cherkis of This Huffington Post I spoke with Dina Kellams, director of archives at Indiana University in Bloomington, where the documents are kept. She said, “It’s not standard, but it’s not unusual.”
There have been many claims that Ohio Gov. John Kasich was a good candidate in the general election, despite his impoverished performance in the 2016 primary. Trump’s base of support comes from white, working-class voters — and Indiana (and Ohio) is ground zero for the part of the electorate that the Trump campaign sees as a ticket to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Perhaps that’s why Trump chose someone from the Rust Belt to support consolidate that support. Indiana is known as the RV capital of the world, a state dotted with factory workers in what was once a bastion of American manufacturing.
Hillary Clinton, who is feeble on trade, is vulnerable to voters who see the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a source of job losses. They also hold the disputed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that the Obama administration is trying to push through in equal contempt. Hillary supported Bill’s signing of NAFTA and once called TPP the gold standard of trade deals. This shift in views on trade, combined with her dismal record on trust and honesty, makes her even more vulnerable to someone like Trump, who is also a flawed candidate. Yet he has never been investigated by the FBI. Director James Comey’s damning report on Clinton’s email apply while secretary of state also did her no favors. She is polling closely behind Trump, eroding her 8-10 point lead.
Those emails matter, her position on trade with those voters matters, and she’s just not universally liked. Trump isn’t either, but in the pick-your-poison contest that’s going on right now, more people see Trump as the lesser of two evils.
Trump is ahead of Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania; they are tied in Ohio. In all three of these key states, Trump is ahead of Clinton on character issues such as trustworthiness and honesty. QuinnipiacThe poll found no connection between Clinton’s eight-point drop in approval ratings and the FBI’s email findings, but noted that she “has lost ground on Trump on issues measuring moral standards and integrity.”
