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DavidDvorkin

(19,475 posts) Sat Mar 3, 2018, 05:21 PM Mar 2018

Pence could be faced with a difficult decision late next year

Or thereabouts.

If Trump is still in office and it seems likely that he'll face a real threat for the GOP nomination, Pence will have to decide whether he'll keep pretending to be loyal, or if he'll jump into the primaries.

If he makes the first choice and Trump loses the nomination, then if the Democrats win the White House, Pence can come back four years later.

But someone else wins the GOP nomination and then wins the election, Pence will be done for.

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Pence could be faced with a difficult decision late next year (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 OP

Pence will be joining drumpf with impeachment and removal. democratisphere Mar 2018 #1

I think any such decision will be quite easy. unblock Mar 2018 #2

Regardless of Pence's decision I will hold out the hope justhanginon Mar 2018 #3

Pence will remain loyal... regnaD kciN Mar 2018 #4

Sorry, I wasn't clear DavidDvorkin Mar 2018 #7

He should resign Weed Man Mar 2018 #5

Trump's base is not Pence's base lame54 Mar 2018 #6

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

1. Pence will be joining drumpf with impeachment and removal.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 05:31 PM

Mar 2018

unblock

(52,206 posts)

2. I think any such decision will be quite easy.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 05:32 PM

Mar 2018

In any scenario in which Donnie runs for the republican nomination and is beatable, pence is too closely linked to Donnie to win it himself.

So either Donnie doesn’t run at all for one reason or any other, in which case pence easily can run on his own, or Donnie is running, in which case pence is stuck with him.

One more possibility. Donnie runs but kicks pence to the curb. In that case, pence can run on his own but he’d lose easily.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)

3. Regardless of Pence's decision I will hold out the hope

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 05:33 PM

Mar 2018

thast Pence is done for. He would be an unmitigated disaster for whatever is left of this country in 2020. Turning the United States into a theocracy is his version of a wet dream.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

4. Pence will remain loyal...

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 05:34 PM

Mar 2018

I disagree with your last conclusion -- if Pence stays on and Trump wins, he'll be the heir apparent in the minds of the Repug establishment. Even if Trump loses, he'll be a front-runner for 2024, as it's common for a V.P. to get the nod in those cases.

The one possible roadblock to that scenario would be if Trump, God forbid, wins reelection and then decides he wants Ivanka to be his successor. In which case...

...pass the