Trump Ramps Up Veepstakes

Vice presidential contenders recently received vetting materials, five sources familiar with the process told NBC News. 

Trump’s search, according to one source, is heavily concentrated on four top prospects: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and JD Vance of Ohio. Another source described a three-way competition involving Burgum, Rubio and Vance. ...
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Sources plugged into conversations about the search cautioned that Trump is working from a fluid shortlist that at times includes more than a half-dozen names. Additions, subtractions and the emergence of dark-horse candidates remain possible. 

Ed Morrissey

Er ... yeah, so no one really knows. I suspect that it won't be any of the three, but rather someone else that has both an established CV of executive experience and with enough of a 'surprise' factor to make headlines at the RNC convention. Nikki Haley would work, but again so would Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Rubio could force Trump to relocate his home state again, which seems more trouble than it's worth, and both Scott and Burgum didn't show much impact on the campaign trail. 

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