Tomorrow Hillary Clinton will be speaking in New Hampshire and she will be joined by Bernie Sanders. Expectations are for Sanders to endorse Hillary as we inch closer to election time. The support from Sanders is expected to be on the common ground of improving America (whatever that means).
As the New York Times reports:
Hillary Clinton's campaign is making it official: Former Democratic rival Bernie Sanders will join her at a New Hampshire event on Tuesday where he plans to endorse her.
In May we wrote:
While Donald Trump's run through the competition on his way to the presidential nomination was swift (as was his complete dismantling of the GOP establishment), Hillary Clinton hasn't fared as well in her quest for the Democratic nomination. Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary fits, and she doesn't like it one bit that the Vermont Senator won't stop delivering his message until the final bell rings.
How quickly things change in American politics.
The world is also being conditioned to expect an announcement from Trump this week about who his running mate will be. Speculation is for an announcement prior to the convention. The media appears convinced that Trump will tap Governor Mike Pence from Indiana later this week according to broad speculation.
CNN reported last week that they were told by a Trump advisor that the announcement of his running mate would come this week:
Donald Trump's much anticipated vice presidential pick is expected to be announced next week, a Trump adviser told CNN Tuesday
And now he has confirmed it:
- *TRUMP SAYS HE EXPECTS TO CHOOSE RUNNING MATE THIS WEEK: WAPOST
- *TRUMP SAYS 5 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FLYNN, ON VP LIST: POST
As The Waqshington Post reports, Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to decide on his vice presidential pick by the end of the week and that he is leaning toward a "political" pick rather than a "military" one.
"I have 5 people including the General [Michael T. Flynn]," Trump told me in a 25-minute phone conversation Monday morning. "I do like the military but I do very much like the political." Trump added that "in my mind I have someone that would be really good."
While Trump was careful not to eliminate Flynn, it was clear that he believed picking someone "political" was the right move, meaning, presumably, that former Speaker Newt Gingrich, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin are in his final four.
Trump explained that he was prizing past political experience over past military experience for two main reasons.
First, he feels as though he doesn't need much help on the military/national security front. "I have such great respect for the general but believe it or not that will be one of my strong suits," said Trump. "I was against the war in Iraq from the start." (The Washington Post's Fact Checker column disagreed with that assessment.)
Second, Trump sees picking a politician as vice president as the best way to unify the party ahead of next week's Republican National Convention and the coming fall campaign. "I don't need two anti-establishment people," Trump said. "Someone respected by the establishment and liked by the establishment would be good for unification. I do like unification of the Republican party."
Trump also cited "great chemistry with me" and someone "who can help you win" as major factors in his VP selection process.
Despite the fact that he made clear he was nearing a decision on his vice presidential running mate, Trump seemed to downplay the influence any such pick might have. "History has said nobody ever helps," said Trump, citing Lyndon Johnson's selection as John F. Kennedy's running mate as the last VP pick that truly mattered. "I've never seen anybody that's helped."
Perhaps this will be the week we all get some clarity on the future of US politics and we can get back to pushing the S&P 500 up to 3,000 by year-end
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