Friday, July 15, 2016

Washington Watcher - VDare: By Picking Pence, Trump Rewarded Conservatism Inc.’s Failure. Now He Must Double Down On “America First!”





So Donald Trump has chosen Mike Pence as his running mate. Despitemy harsh criticism of Pence (and there’s more below), this will not doom Trump’s chances and is unlikely to water down his America First message, though it can’t help. Vice Presidential choices are not that important, and Pence is a weakling who is unlikely to affect the campaign much. 
Pence may also convince some conservative billionaires to open up their wallets for Trump. But Trump’s decision was, as Ann Coulter predicted, his first big mistake, and he needs to recoup. ...