Some New Comments About the Donald

If Mr. Trump does indeed select Gov. Pence, it would actually tell us quite a bit about how he sees himself, what he thinks his weaknesses are, and who he considers his base. It would also indicate that Trump may be a better representative of the modern GOP that many care to admit- it would amount to a doubling down on the bet that white, conservative, evangelical, traditional values voters can continue to carry the party to national victory, despite all emerging demographic trends. All campaigns are about coalition building- candidates craft a narrative, identify a base of people that it will resonate with, and then work really hard to get those people out to vote. Mike Pence would be a perfect encapsulation of the vision (blindness) of the current GOP, and a final rejection of the party’s 2012 post mortem report. It will cost them.

What is by far the most interesting question left is what comes next. When Mr. Trump loses in the fall (and he will- the presidential election is not a straight up or down popular vote; which of the states that Obama won in 2012 can Trump flip? Go check the map, I’ll wait), my interest lies primarily in understanding where the GOP goes from here, after losing three straight presidential elections. At what point does that reevaluation finally occur? As I said, this is by far the most interesting question left in this cycle. Support for Hillary is clear tepid, the polls reflect it. Will the GOP adjust in time for 2020?

Indiana’s law, which Pence said he signed “with a prayer,” makes Indiana the second state in the nation to ban abortion in cases where a fetal anomaly is detected. (Sorry, would-be parents of a microcephalic fetus caused by the Zica virus- you lose.)

It also mandates the burial and cremation of miscarried or aborted remains; restricts fetal tissue donation; and requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital or to have an agreement with a doctor who does.

Then there is his infamous anti-lgbt legislation that allowed businesses to discriminate based on their religion.

This guy is as much of a mosogynist and bigot as Trump is.