Morning Glory: A fantasy draft for Trump's second term

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On Tuesday, I argued that former President Trump would greatly advance his chances in the fall if, upon winning the nomination — and that could effectively be over on the night of the New Hampshire primary or Super Tuesday, March 5 — he names his running mate very early and turns him or her loose to fundraise and make media magic for nine months, not three.

The "great mentioner" likes Senators Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst or Dan Sullivan, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher, or former National Security Advisor Ambassador Robert O’Brien. The last two can deliver the fundraising and the messaging as well as votes in Gallagher’s Wisconsin or the states of Arizona and Nevada where O’Brien’s membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints brings some LDS votes to Trump, and it is a block with which he has trouble.

If Trump goes the Full Monty and drops "the list" from which most, if not all, his senior appointees will be drawn — and yes, it is legal to do so — he will supercharge the election with surrogates who matter and who flood media platforms and fundraisers.

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Here’s my fantasy draft of folks who could help Trump around the margins immediately, raise dough, appear on cable and could begin as early as Trump wills it. (Note: I’ve used all of the potential VPs in other jobs as only one can be down the hall from the Oval):

Secretary of State: O’Brien, Nikki Haley

Department of Defense: Pompeo, Gallagher, Rep. Michael Waltz

Secretaries of Navy, Army, Air Force: Gallagher, Waltz and Rep. August Pfluger who are veterans of these services and know their own service. Whomever