Pence is sticking with Trump -- but closely watching debate

[brooklynite]

Source: Indianapolis Star

Mike Pence is sticking with Donald Trump in public, but in private he is holding his options open, according to sources close to him.

Pence was taking a wait-and-see approach to tonight’s presidential debate, Trump’s first public appearance since a video surfaced on Friday of Trump making lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005.

The video has become a turning point for many Republican officials. Dozens have abandoned Trump and some are calling for the billionaire businessman to step aside and let Pence run in his place. Others want Pence to leave the ticket to preserve his own reputation.

So far, there is no talk inside the Pence campaign of leaving the ticket, sources close to Pence told IndyStar, but they say any future decisions were contingent on Trump’s performance during tonight’s debate at Washington University in St. Louis.

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/09/pence-sticking-trump----but-closely-watching-debate/91831456/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Pence has cancelled a Monday New Jersey fundraiser. Hmm? . . . . . nt

[Lefthacker]

2. Probably because no one

Wants to give funds. He's going to stay on.

[SunSeeker]

3. Pence is going nowhere. He just tweeted congratulations to Trump for his debate "win."

I guess he missed the part where Trump threw him under the bus tonight.

[calimary]

4. Yep. I heard that. But this can be a most advantageous thing - for us.

If Pence rides this one all the way down to defeat, he may well turn himself into a contender in 2020, but he'll have so much Trump all over him that it will be regarded as baggage. And pretty substantial baggage at that. Plus - if any of those stood by bush/cheney, that's further testament as to their poor judgment and lack of fitness for higher office. Or to poke a hole in some incumbent running for reelection to the Senate or House or whatever.

We need to keep track of who went down with the Trump ship.

[LisaL]

5. He didn't exactly defend Trump during his VP debate.

So that makes them even.