What would happen..

[speaktruthtopower]

if Pence has a good debate, and Trump decides to drop out in the next few weeks?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What if my aunt had wheels? She'd be a pastry cart.

Pence won't have a good debate - he's as dumb as a sack of hammers - and Trump won't drop out because he thinks he's winning.

[JoePhilly]

7. This ^^^^

[saltpoint]

2. It looks like Trump thinks he can win.

I don't think so, and quite a few pollsters don't think so, and several longtime observers of U.S. politics don't think so, but Trump seems to operate without input from any source. He just kind of wings it, which is pretty much what he seemed to do in his debate with HRC.

Pence would love Trump's quitting. Pence has a massive ego and an extremely rightwing agenda. He would love to have a spotlight turned on him for any reason.

But Trump's ego isn't going to allow any consideration of loss. He thinks he's going to win.

[bigwillq]

3. I don't think Trump will drop out

But Pence would certainly be a contender, better than Trump, imo.

[emulatorloo]

4. Same egregious policies, just wrapped in a fake rational package

[JoePhilly]

5. Hillary wins in a landslide bigger than Reagan's.

[emulatorloo]

6. Trump is not going to drop out.

[saltpoint]

8. Replacing Trump would be something

of a tangled mess, according to this piece from August:

http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/replacing-trump-ballots-murky-payoff-legal-thicket

[Madam45for2923]

9. How is Pence going to have a good debate?

[BlueMTexpat]

11. Good question! eom

[BlueMTexpat]

10. I don't believe that Pence's debate skills

are even in the same ballpark as those of Tim Kaine. Pence IS getting "help" from Scott Walker. http://953mnc.com/2016/09/28/mike-pence-practicing-debate-skills-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker/

IMO, Kaine will shine; Pence is a RW social conservative who doesn't pivot well verbally. He needs a script and canned TPs. Like Hillary (and most Dems for that matter), Kaine can think on his feet.

But whatever happens in the VP debate, Trump will NOT drop out.

[Madam45for2923]

12. Plus Pence's State was ready to kick him to the curb!

While Kaine's State keeps promoting him!

[BlueMTexpat]

13. That is indeed a significant

difference!

I'm sure that Kaine will do a fine job. Pence is likely to be "deer-in-the-headlights," especially with any follow-up questions for which he hasn't practiced a canned response.