Some Republicans are starting to seriously regret Donald Trumpās vice presidential nominee, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
Itās been only one week since Vance was nominated at the Republican National Convention, and already his own party members are expressing severe doubts about Trumpās pick. The former presidentās allies have acknowledged that nominating Vance was the product of Trumpās absolute certainty that he would be able to defeat Joe Biden in November. While Vance wouldnāt do much for swing voters or independents, he would likely shore up support among Trumpās base.
But ever since Biden passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Partyās new presumptive nominee, Republicans have begun to sour on Vance.
āThe road got a lot harder. He was the only pick that wasnāt the safe pick. And I think everyone has now realized that,ā one House Republican told Axios Thursday, under the condition of anonymity.
Another House Republican told Axios that Vance ādoesnāt add much.ā
I love this but no way our Democrat leadership thought that far ahead.
Ha, yeah. Iāve been a registered Democrat since I was 18. No freaking way they tried at something so hard like that.
To be fair, for all we know youāre 19.
Iām more cynical about the DNC than anybody but - people daydream all the time about what could happen in the future if this or that happens. Some asshole right winger started daydreaming about taking over the Supreme Court back in the 1970s and it doesnāt mean that he planned it all out but you can still think about the next few moves to be ready if the opportunity arises.
Somebody in the DNC imagined this scenario many months/years ago and talked about it to their bosses. Gaming out the possibilities and having the slide deck ready is how wild, game changing moves like this end up happening.