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The VEEP: can Mike Pence save The Donald from himself?
Posted By Dione Hodgson on August 17, 2016 @ 06:00
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[1] Richard Nixon moved into the executive branch: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/20/how-the-vice-president-became-a-powerful-and-influential-white-house-player/
[2] master of Washington’s insider games: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/joe-biden-the-most-influential-vice-president-in-history/266729/
[3] one of the most popular figures: http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/joe-biden-favorable-rating
[4] horrific few weeks: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/us-election-clinton-polls-surge-as-trump-has-temper-tantrum/7693058
[5] Republican letter: http://time.com/4449116/donald-trump-rnc-funding-gop/
[6] semi-secret job interviews: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/13/donald-trump-holds-lightning-round-of-interviews-for-vice-presid/
[7] considered: http://theconversation.com/kaine-was-the-logical-choice-as-hillary-clintons-vice-president-62767
[8] widely regarded: http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/15/why-mike-pence-is-good-for-gop-conservatives-and-for-cory-booker-trump-vice-president/
[9] trusted colleague: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/15/paul-ryan-mike-pence-i-can-think-no-better-choice-/
[10] Describing himself: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/us/politics/mike-pence-religion.html?_r=0
[11] ‘Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors’: http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2014
[12] solid understanding of public policy: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-mike-pence-donald-trump-vice-president-edit-20160715-story.html
[13] told: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/donald-trump-paul-manafort-general-election_us_574619eee4b0dacf7ad3e201
[14] taken a stance: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russia-pence-idUSKCN10725E
[15] Trump’s criticism of the Khan family: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/mike-pence-trump-khizr-khan-226490
[16] attempted to explain away: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/us/politics/mike-pence-donald-trump.html
[17] Gallup poll: http://www.gallup.com/poll/194219/mike-pence-shows-greater-gains-favorability-tim-kaine.aspx
[18] underpinned his entire political career.: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/tim-kaine-metropolitan-model/493238/
[19] largely disenfranchised: http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/why-some-of-bernie-sanderss-supporters-are-angry
[20] Clinton’s acknowledgment: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/jul/29/hillary-clinton-annotated-democratic-convention-speech
[21] Bloomberg Politics national poll last week: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-10/bloomberg-politics-national-poll
[22] write off Trump’s presidential bid: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/is-the-trump-campaign-collapsing/494249/