Although if her grandparents were undocumented, it should give her pause about signing on with Trump.

The pick would seem hypocritical to me. If he is so opposed to illegal immigrants, how could he pick the granddaughter of illegal immigrants as his Vice President. If illegal immigrants were prevented from coming to America Susanna Martinez would not be here in order to run for any office. So, does he oppose illegal immigration or does he not oppose illegal immigration?

Maybe his supporters will continue to support him even if he picks Martinez thinking it is a trick to get Hispanics to vote for him. However, there is a chance that his supporters will feel betrayed.

else not to like about her that is true
there is plenty

Unless you are full blooded American Indian.

What is the drinking thing? I haven't found it.
Anyone from New Mexico have anything to add?

what bothers me is her snobbery

Has he even reached out to her?



Why would this be "tough to overcome?" Women aren't "low information voters" (OOOOH LOOK, he picked a female, so that means it's "OK" to vote for him!!!) -- this individual is going to have to reconcile why she'd be willing to associate herself with a woman-mocking, offensive, disgusting PIG and ruin her OWN reputation. I can't see her making the sale. Just by accepting the gig, her judgment is called into question and her reputation permanently besmirched.

John McCain tried to "neutralize" the Incredible Blackness of Obama with the Gun Totin' Hot Mama-ness of Sarah Palin--that didn't work out too well, either.

Apparently they are vetting her. I have no idea if she has been asked.

that hairbrained turd.

If she's a schmuck and a loser on her way out, then hey, going on a crazy, dignity-tossing, wild ride with The Donald might be good for a few book sales and celebrity appearances.

Is this a shock to those who know her--or do you know?

C'mon alma mater, do something more productive.

There is so much wrong with her.

She accused 7 or 8 low income mental health providers with medicaid fraud. Their funding was revoked and their reputations were ruined. After an investigation by the AG, none of these providers were found to have committed fraud. She awarded the contracts for low income mental health care to one provider from AZ without soliciting any bids from anyone else.

She hasn't been as despicable as other Repuke Governors, so we're grateful for that.

I think that Gov. Krispy Kreme recommended her to Trump because for the last couple of years she followed him everywhere.

and if not a puff piece, as Republicans go she is far from the worst. She's anti-pot and pro-life, but doesn't seem to be a wingnut about it.

But, she's obviously smart and tough, so why would she even think of hitching her rising star to the likes of Trump?

Like Joisey Fats-- term limited and no other jobs out there?

so that the Koch brothers wouldn't be inconvenienced any further. The court slapped her down--HARD--within a week. Since then, she's kept a much lower profile. I do give her props for signing a law ending civil asset forfeiture by local and state cops. Now the only people who can rob tourists of their traveling money are the DEA.

What do I get for guessing she was either going to be the veep, or the choice for Rs of this goes to a brokered?

That was a while ago.

thing didn't work with sarah and it wont work with this one. I remember she was talked about for Romney but she has a sister who she cares for and wont move to DC. Perhaps she's changed her mind.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20721515,00.html

He was a democrat himself until a short time ago. He sees the evangelicals and many of the conservatives are sniveling hypocrites that don't care as long as he hates Muslims as much as they do.

e.g.,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/drunk-new-mexico-governor-cops_us_5674aae0e4b014efe0d5aaf0

from what i can tell, her presence would be a wash - she helps about as much as she hurts.

He picks someone from a swing state.

He picks someone who will help him in his weakest areas (women and hispanics).

She will only the Vice Presidential candidate. Trump will still be the Presidential candidate claiming he wants to build a wall to keep the murdering, raping, and robbing Mexicans out of America. This has the ability to backfire. Some Hispanics may think he picked Martinez only to get their vote. That may cause them to continue to vote against him.

Will Martinez bring in enough women to allow him to beat the Democratic nominee? There is a chance that Trump will win the white female. In 2008, President Obama won the overall female vote, but he lost the white female vote. The question will be if Trump will be able to keep the white female vote and then get enough votes from minority women in order to win the election.

She's a petty tinpot crony-ite, same ol' wingnut talking pointer, despotic to her crew, had to answer to cops on at least one recent boozed-up party.

We have a Cruz of our own.
A good one.

I'm a junkie on politics and vaguely remember her from 2012 and her speech.

She might appeal to enough voters who do not dig to deep because on the surface she seems sane. Objectively it would be a smart move or giggles she could be Palin II we will have to see how it plays out. She may decline the offer either way.

Personal note : I'm still taking medications that make it difficult at times to verbalize my thoughts my mind works fine , how I want to word things is hard at times. Why I pull back on making many comments I'm afraid they won't come out right.

Another Trump fan posting on DU.

He'll offer it to Kasich first, but I doubt he would take it. He'll put Christie at Justice (oxymoron?). He might pick John Boehner since he's out of a job and knows Capitol Hill well. And Boehner obviously shares Trump's sentiments regarding Lyin' Lucifer.

TM...

Not anyone with the campaign someone at OU reasoning out why certain questions are being asked. President Boren was the one who figured it out and said something about it in the office where this person works. Take it for what it's worth he said there is no other reason he could think of. Boren has a little experience with politics too.

someone who has a deep understanding of federal government (his admitted weakness)

He has zero reason to supplement his bona fides with the border fanatic gun toting types - he's already got them

actively looking recently ?

with women and immigrants? I'm sure this will do the trick.



Wait, I forgot: they all love him anyway. Nevermind.