He is dull. People, even partisan repiggies, do not like him much.

Sending Pence out says the Republicans fear their most important voting block is softening because of Trump.

to become public. If he thinks he can just become the savior of the Republicon party, it's time for "his turn in the barrel."

Nobody showed up the last time he did it.

That’ll inspire those on the fence.

He'll find some bullshit "official" reason to go somewhere--maybe to Pittsburgh to hand out the "Exceptional Education Award"--and then go directly from there to a rally or fundraiser or both.

He can carry his political staff and RNC people, etc., on Air Force Two by paying only the cost of an airline ticket for each person. And probably a coach seat, at that.

Same goes for Trump and Air Force One.

Your tax dollars at work.

I work at a rather large government agency. We have an auditorium that seats around 300 people. A few months ago, Pence was scheduled to address our agency. An email went out to everyone a couple of days in advance informing us of this fact and inviting everyone to the auditorium to come listen to him - but get to the event early, as seats will disappear fast! Wouldn’t want anyone to be disappointed!

The big day comes. At 5 minutes before Pence’s expected arrival, a plaintive-sounding email goes out: there is still plenty of room in the auditorium! Come one, come all, Let’s give him a warm welcome!

A colleague of mine said what the hell, I’ll go to hear the VP speak, adding there’s a chance he’ll be president if Trump’s impeached. He came back and told me that the auditorium was not even half full. The Vice President of the United States drew, by his reckoning, about 120 -130 people. There were so few people there that Pence had ample time to shake everyone’s hand. My colleague said it was quasi-embarrassing.

It was at that moment that I started to have hope again for our country.