{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So I guess I should put it on record, my prediction for Trump\u2019s VP is Newt Gingrich.", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/147468354758/", "html": "

kontextmaschine:

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kontextmaschine:

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So I guess I should put it on record, my prediction for Trump\u2019s VP is Newt Gingrich.

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Doubling down on the old white guy thing?

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Trump needs someone who knows where the levers of party and government power are yet is willing to associate w/ him, also his valuations of public figures\u2019 reputational position seem based largely off the experience of the \u201880s/\u201890s.

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Gingrich still feels the mantle of destiny upon him but has no clear conventional route back to power, values the \u201ceccentric genius\u2019 thunderbolts\u201d style of leadership, and has been talking Trump up in public for a while now.

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Well, if I want credit for my correct predictions I should take my lumps for wrong ones.

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