Mike Pence is a mess

Former Vice President Mike Pence has ambitions. I think most everybody knows this. There has been chatter lately — a great deal of chatter — that Pence might be running for President in 2024. I’d certainly believe that.

Pence presents himself as meek and soft-spoken, but I do not doubt that beneath the facade lurks a brain with purpose and deep ambition. Make no mistake, this man wants power, and he wants it badly.

Unfortunately, for Pence, his nemesis in said power-fight is the one person who got him such name recognition in the first place — Donald Trump.

And now there are reports that Pence has not forgotten the events of January 6.

Per Vanity Fair, Pence is still upset at the orange monster. He is upset because “Trump placed his and his family members’ lives in jeopardy.” You think?

Now we come to a bit of an impasse. Pence might indeed still be upset, but he will never be able to verbalize this because MAGA would hate him even more than they already do. So, in essence, he’s stuck.

He will be walking a lonely road in his quest for power because if these reports are accurate, he will have to pretend. He will pretend to love Trump. He will pretend the real enemies are the “woke masses.” He might even blame the Democrats for January 6. Anything’s possible.

So, basically Pence is a man trapped. He is at the mercy of the very people who wanted to see him killed. It is a humiliating place for him to be, but it would seem no other options are available to him.

I believe it would have been better for Pence to repudiate Trumpism altogether. At least by choosing to do that, he would have looked a little bit courageous. But the path he chose was the wrong one, as he will soon find out.

Pence is still very much disliked by MAGA. His need for power will get him nowhere, and he doesn’t seem to grasp that. Like so many before him, he seems to think he can wish the issue away.

But this does not work, and in politics, it REALLY does not work. Because for Pence, the battle is over. The ship has sailed, and his power dreams are lost. He put his fate in the hands of the wrong people. And his ambitions have been destroyed by the very individuals he sought so hard to impress.