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Septuagenarian Donald J. Trump is already past average life expectancy, and he's overweight and has a bad ticker. He's taking statins to stay alive. If he's elected again, there's a good chance he'll stroke out before he completes his second term.
One percenter coastal elite James Donald Bowman was chosen by Trump as his running mate for one reason, and one reason only.
Bowman is tech billionaire Peter Thiel's boy. The bearded wonder was a principal at Thiel's hedge fund.
Thiel was a financial supporter of Trump in 2016, but he was turned off by Trump's atrocious behavior and performance as president, and he refused to contribute to the felon's 2020 campaign.
Trump is desperate for cash, and by picking Thiel's protege he is hoping the tech billionaire will cough up some lucre.
The thing is, James David Hamel is an unpopular choice. He is also far less experienced than Kamala Harris.
We saw with Trump what a disaster it can be to elect an inexperienced person to the most important job on the planet.
So do we really want this guy a heartbeat away from that job?
Vance didn’t pack the same base-expanding potential as other candidates (such as Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum). And Vance’s only campaign — for Senate in 2022 — was nothing to write home about. Despite winning, he polled as unpopular and performed significantly worse than any other statewide Ohio GOP candidate.
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At least five quality polls out this week have gauged Vance’s image, and each shows that more people dislike him than like him. They show he is between two and nine points underwater.
As CNN’s Harry Enten noted Tuesday, that appears to be without recent precedent. Vice-presidential picks usually get a honeymoon period, and none has been in such negative territory so soon after their debut on the biggest stage.
One percenter coastal elite James Donald Bowman was chosen by Trump as his running mate for one reason, and one reason only.
Bowman is tech billionaire Peter Thiel's boy. The bearded wonder was a principal at Thiel's hedge fund.
Thiel was a financial supporter of Trump in 2016, but he was turned off by Trump's atrocious behavior and performance as president, and he refused to contribute to the felon's 2020 campaign.
Trump is desperate for cash, and by picking Thiel's protege he is hoping the tech billionaire will cough up some lucre.
The thing is, James David Hamel is an unpopular choice. He is also far less experienced than Kamala Harris.
We saw with Trump what a disaster it can be to elect an inexperienced person to the most important job on the planet.
So do we really want this guy a heartbeat away from that job?
Could Republicans get buyer’s remorse with J.D. Vance?
Vance didn’t pack the same base-expanding potential as other candidates (such as Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum). And Vance’s only campaign — for Senate in 2022 — was nothing to write home about. Despite winning, he polled as unpopular and performed significantly worse than any other statewide Ohio GOP candidate.
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At least five quality polls out this week have gauged Vance’s image, and each shows that more people dislike him than like him. They show he is between two and nine points underwater.
As CNN’s Harry Enten noted Tuesday, that appears to be without recent precedent. Vice-presidential picks usually get a honeymoon period, and none has been in such negative territory so soon after their debut on the biggest stage.
