By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--July 14, 2016
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Trump also argued that he’s not looking for a vice president to play the traditional role of attacking a general election rival. “I just want to pick somebody that’s solid, who’s smart. I’m not looking for an attack dog. Frankly, I’m looking for somebody that really understands what we’re talking about,” Trump said. “I would rather be talking about policy … not talking about ‘Crooked Hillary.’ ”Of course, he will need to keep talking about Crooked Hillary because preventing her rise to the presidency is the primary motivation of many people to vote for him. But assuming he defeats Crooked Hillary, he then has to run the Crooked Government, and he will need all the help he can get in doing that. Trump's choice of a vice president is really only the first of many crucial personnel choices he will need to make, because while the vice president is somewhat high profile, he or she really only has the power the president decides to give him. The Constitution grants him none, except the breaking of ties in Senate votes.
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