We now have a vice presidential nominee from Donald J. Trump: Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio.
It’s an audacious, confident pick from the former president of the United States. He’s making that pick because he believes he’s winning. It is that simple.
There’s a reason that Trump believes he’s winning. The swing state polling from YouGov finds that Trump is currently up nine in Arizona, five in Wisconsin, six in Georgia, three in Pennsylvania, two in Michigan, five in Nevada, and four in North Carolina. That is an extraordinary set of polls for Trump. And Michigan is the only one of those polls that seems to possibly even be within spitting distance.
This is not a strategic pick. This is not the sort of pick that is designed to win Virginia, which is what Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) likely would have done. It’s not a pick that’s designed to do outreach to Hispanics, as choosing…
