It feels as if we've come to a brief respite after a frenzied week in the race for the White House.
I do want to rub it in that Carly Fiorina, as I predicted, had the shortest Vice Presidential run in history.
Indeed, the political landscape changed overnight, and the headliner on the GOP ticket was settled unexpectedly early.
Donald Trump is the most controversial Republican nominee that I can remember since Barry Goldwater, and his nomination has had immediate repercussions within the party establishment.
Both ex-presidents Bush and former candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham will not back him, and House Speaker Paul Ryan also says no for now.
I have already projected what one solution to many of Trump's challenges would be, and I believe he's shrewd enough to know it.
He's already tipped his hand.
Yesterday, Trump said there's a 40% chance his vice presidential nominee will come from his former field of challengers. I say there's a 100% chance.
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| Alright, so I may look like a young tough right now but just wait until I have a little grey hair and a couple of chins in eight years. |
While other establishment Republicans are eschewing Trump, Rubio was one of the first to open the door to supporting the presumptive nominee.
He is the future of the Republican party, obviously has presidential aspirations, and has yet to hit his prime with regard to the maturity needed to be president. He is also obviously influential in the Latino community.
And if he didn't before, Rubio now believes from firsthand experience that winners, no matter how unlikely, find a way to win. He knows from his own personal pain that Trump has a genuine chance.
He's probably thinking that four to eight years as second-in-command would give him a clear pathway to the Oval Office.
And Rubio brings a lot to the table.
That includes giving the ticket instant credibility with many in the establishment who are either on the fence or worse.
Strictly as a detached observer, I can't see one flaw with a Trump/Rubio ticket (other than the obvious ones with the headliner himself), nor can I see a better one among the many possibilities.
Let's see just how smart the Trump camp is.
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