06-07-2016, 07:02 AM
He won't get a crack at Hillary, though. He would only debate the Democratic VP candidate. Other than that, VP candidates are confined to attending rallies in States other than the ones covered by the Presidential candidates and being a bit of an attack dog to allow the Presidential candidate to stay above the fray.
The problem is that Trump doesn't want his running mate to do much. He's already shown that he wants to be his own attack dog and doesn't want anyone else messing things up. Chris Christie is a stand-in running mate for him atm and all he does is introduce him at rallies and then stand around as the butt of fat jokes. As someone said, Trump is like a hunter who hangs his prey's head on the wall to display his dominance - a form of ritual humiliation. Even if Rubio were to go on a whistlestop tour, what would he say? Trump's supporters don't want to listen to Rubio or anyone else. They just want to listen to Trump the entertainer. Trump doesn't have a stump speech Rubio can read out. The crowd just wants to hear Trump talk about the wall, hurl insults at Hillary, mock protesters, journos and women, and possibly come out with a new outrage. It's like crowds going to a car crash derby. Rubio would be a pale imitation.
The other problem is that Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be the Democratic VP candidate. She's like the smart version of Sanders. She is also a harsh critic of Wall Street and corporate excesses without being as easy to characterise as a Commie. She has already taken on Trump on Twitter and Trump hasn't been able to lay a glove on her. His lame attempt at branding her has been to call her goofy. She's more than capable of winning an economics twitter storm with him and she would probably just ignore Rubio. In the VP debate, she may well wipe the floor with Rubio. But she doesn't have to do so. No one really pays attention to that debate unless one of the VP candidates makes a howler.
The problem is that Trump doesn't want his running mate to do much. He's already shown that he wants to be his own attack dog and doesn't want anyone else messing things up. Chris Christie is a stand-in running mate for him atm and all he does is introduce him at rallies and then stand around as the butt of fat jokes. As someone said, Trump is like a hunter who hangs his prey's head on the wall to display his dominance - a form of ritual humiliation. Even if Rubio were to go on a whistlestop tour, what would he say? Trump's supporters don't want to listen to Rubio or anyone else. They just want to listen to Trump the entertainer. Trump doesn't have a stump speech Rubio can read out. The crowd just wants to hear Trump talk about the wall, hurl insults at Hillary, mock protesters, journos and women, and possibly come out with a new outrage. It's like crowds going to a car crash derby. Rubio would be a pale imitation.
The other problem is that Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be the Democratic VP candidate. She's like the smart version of Sanders. She is also a harsh critic of Wall Street and corporate excesses without being as easy to characterise as a Commie. She has already taken on Trump on Twitter and Trump hasn't been able to lay a glove on her. His lame attempt at branding her has been to call her goofy. She's more than capable of winning an economics twitter storm with him and she would probably just ignore Rubio. In the VP debate, she may well wipe the floor with Rubio. But she doesn't have to do so. No one really pays attention to that debate unless one of the VP candidates makes a howler.