Mike Pence's ill-starred presidential run
Posted By: Moritz55, 6/6/2023 6:40:58 PM
On paper, has there ever been a more qualified candidate for president than Mike Pence? Twelve years in the House of Representatives, four as governor of Indiana, and four as vice president of the United States. No president in at least the last 30 years has come to office with that kind of resume. And yet Pence, who this week becomes a candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination, is in a nearly impossible situation. Or maybe a totally impossible situation. And it all traces back to his four years with President Donald Trump in the White House — the period that should have set him up
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Why is he putting himself through this? There is no way he can win the nomination, and even if he did, a large percentage of conservatives would never vote for him. Talk about an exercise in futility!