The news that former vice president Mike Pence has given his blessing to a super PAC promoting his potential presidential candidacy has produced a lot of head-scratching. A good summary of the prevailing sentiment is: “What is he thinking?”
Pence would enter the race having to face the worst of both worlds. On the one hand, his reputation has taken a beating among a sizable chunk of Republican voters due to Donald Trump’s years-long campaign to portray his former running mate as a traitor for carrying out his constitutional duty in presiding over the certification of President Biden’s victory. On the other hand, those primary voters who are looking for a firm break with Trump won’t be eager to support the man who loyally served by his side for four years.
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