Chuck Todd: “If you asked President Joe Biden’s campaign officials whom they wanted Trump to pick, it would have been unanimous: They wanted Vance.”
“Team Biden is convinced all things ‘MAGA’ are unpopular with swing voters, and the more they can connect Trump with the less popular parts of the MAGA agenda, the better they think their chances are…”
“Privately, the Biden campaign is relieved the pick wasn’t Rubio, who they worried would be an asset in helping campaign more effectively with Latinos, in particular, in places like Arizona and Nevada. Both Rubio and Burgum would have been harder to pigeonhole as MAGA acolytes.”
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