President ial picks influence your choice for president. We talk about mike pence and tim tone, and their ability perform as commanderinchief should that role be called upon them. Do you think about Vice President ial nominees in who you choose for president . Democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. Call 202 s, 7488002. You can post on our cspan Facebook Page or twitter. We take a look at senator tim kaine from virginia. He is the Vice President ial nominee and pick for Hillary Clinton. It takes a look at him in light of the recent Health Issues over the former secretary of state. This is Thomas Kaplan this morning writing, saying nine Vice President s have assumed the vice presidency have assumed the presidency during a president s term. Host that is in the New York Times, this morning. Taking a look at the role of Vice President ial nominees, especially concerns over illness. This is the story in the style section in the Washington Post residential illness and the silent treatment. I take a look president ial illness and the silent revenge. Amendment allows the transfer of power to the Vice President of the president is incapacitated. Host what do you think about the current choices for Vice President . And do those choices make a difference in who you will decide in voting for this coming november . Mike pence, or senator tim kaine. Do a factor and youre voting this november . Democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. Independents, call 202 7488002. You can also post on our cspan ontter page, cspanwj, or facebook. Com cspan. Joe from georgia starts us off on the republican line. What do you think about a running mate, when choosing who you vote for president . Caller ive been calling your Great Network for over 30 years. I feel great about mike pence. He is super. I think with trump and pence we have the best ticket for the taxpayers in history. Steve moore, the trump Economic Advisor, says trump is cutting taxes and its going to appoint conservative judges. They relate to trump and i think that got for bed, something were to happen to trump, i think mike pence is one of the top taxpayer candidates in the country. He would be a great president if something happened to trump. Host aside from his economic policies, what do you think about mr. Pence . What would make him a good president . Caller he has had a great record is a member of congress from any of years. ,e was extremely conservative had the best interest of the taxpayers and heart. He is a good social conservative, prolife. All around, i would have total confidence in him as president of the United States. I think he would be a great one. Im fired up and energized for pence ticket. Host did you level of support for mr. Trump rise when you chose was defense mr. Pence . Caller it sure did. Ive been admire her of him for a while. It certainly did. When he named Steve Morriss top Economic Advisor and put pence as his Vice President i got so fired up. Have a difficult time sleeping at night. Thats how fired up Joe Mccutchen is. Host from anaheim, california, on the republican line angel. Go ahead. We are talking about them vp nominees. The vp nominees and if they factor into your decision for president. Caller i support donald trump and mike pence. Host what about mike pence specifically do you like . Caller he is capable enough because he has the experience to be able to take over the presidency. Host is that because of his time in the senate . Because of his time as governor of indiana . Caller both. He is capable enough to be able to assume the presidency. , in caseice president the president is incapacitated or unable to perform from his reasons. Is much appropriate. Choiceud Donald Trumps for him as a running mate. Host lets hear from gerald in wilmington, North Carolina. Democrat line. Go ahead. Caller im very satisfied with the democrats nominee for president. I would support him. I like the vp. Host what is it about mr. Kane that you like specifically . Caller he is a whole lot of ebolawhole but Better Qualified to be president on the republican side. A whole lot Better Qualified to be president on the public inside. Host did you know tim kaine before he was chosen . Real familiar with his time a senator and governor of virginia . Caller for one thing, hes not a racist. South, you of the get racist. Three fourths of them are racists. Kay in missouri. Independent line. Am i must say that i dont think the Vice President does influence my decision somewhat. But i really think in particular, this year, there is to have anson election. Minions have actually done a wonderful job. I think we should just all wait for the powers that be through the media to tell us who the front man is going to be. As far as im concerned, tim kaine has a wonderful personality. Its in a way, preferable to the others. Quotes io have some would like for americans to consider, if i could. Is his gourmet doll , who said in the United States, we have is welfare for the rich and capitalism for the poor. Host thanks for the call. Whats your next from paul in portland, maine. Democrats line. Caller good morning. I just wanted to say that Hillary Clinton made a big mistake with her choice of a running mate. I dont understand why she didnt try to get Bernie Sanders as a running mate. I think she wouldve won in a landslide. John kennedy picked Lyndon Baines johnson, who at the time, was his archrival, and they were going to try and do to kennedy what they want to do to trump this time at the republican convention. There would to try to take the nomination away from him and give it to Lyndon Baines johnson. Kennedy made a smart move, and chose Lyndon Baines johnson as his running mate. If i had been hillary, i would have done whatever it took to get bernie is my running mate. I would have promised him the world. I would have said you would have been the most influential Vice President of all time. Whatever it took to get him. More people 30 years old and under voted in the primaries for Bernie Sanders then trump and hillary combined. Its beyond me why she didnt try to get him. I firmly believe that she wouldve won in a landslide, without a doubt. Basically, that was my comments. In maine. Was paul, asking about Vice President of nominees and if they factor into your decision for president. Let us know as well. Democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. Ts, call 202 7488002. On twitter, not in the least. Yes, was leaning towards trump to start, but picking pence sealed it. Eas the clinton, but kain causes me to vote stein. Recently, responding to Hillary Clinton in the comments she made about the whole basket of deplorables. Heres mike pence. [video clip] pence Hillary Clintons low opinion of the people who support this campaign should be denounced in the strongest possible words. The men and women who support Donald Trumps campaign are hardworking americans. Teachers,oal miners, veterans, members of our Law Enforcement community. Members of every class of this country to know that we can make America Great again. So let me just say from the tom of my heart, hillary they are not a basket of anything. They are americans, and they deserve your respect. [applause] host that is mike pence. If you want to see his statements in full, you can go to our website, cspan. Org. Time magazine, has a piece on its magazine website, talking about the process of the parties have to make if they had to come to that decision. Some of what it says from time magazine. Theres a vacancy on the democratic side after the candidates have been nominated a convention, the rules are simple. Democrat National Committee is responsible for filling vacancies in the nominations for the office of president and Vice President. According to the party rules and bylaws, article three, section one, there are no rules that would prevent the Party Leadership from holding a meeting in deciding unilaterally on a replacement. It also goes on to say the dnc did not return a request for comment. Side, theublican Republican Party rules are more particular, reprising requiring Party Members to vote host more information about those processes available at time magazine. Lets hear from stephen indianapolis, indiana on the democrats line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. For vice selection president would not have swayed me either way. Im just now getting to know him, he seems like hes a good guy. But mike pence on the other hand , he was in trouble here when running for governor. He might not have even gotten back in. Thatdone a lot of stuff Tea Party People do here. They dont care about the workers. Host specifically what has he done in your state . Caller he denied obamacare. He did everything he could that rightwing republicans do. Bitoesnt surprise me a this he was selected by trump. Trumptyy, human humpty can fall off that wall together. Host susan is in columbus, indiana other public in line. Caller hello. On the republican line. Caller hello. I think trump and mike pence would be a good candidate for president. Host why mike pence, specifically . Caller mike pence is from columbias columbus, indiana. As you know. And he would be a good president. Vice president. Host the previous caller had said that mr. Pence was doing things that upset him particularly, he said that he was in trouble as far as his reelection was concerned. Caller i didnt think so. No. Mike pence has been a good governor here in the state of indiana, and i liked him ever since hes been in office. Host we will hear from another indianan. Columbia city, indiana, democrats line. Jerry, good morning. Caller good morning. How are you . Host fine, thanks. And yourself . Caller cant complain. Beent rid of pence, weve trying to get rid of him since he first got elected. For indianathing but take it back. Host what do you mean . Caller he reverted back to discrimination and the tea party methods, which is back, as far as im concerned. The right to work law, he got that through. Hes done everything he could do wrong with indiana. Think trump for picking him. Thank trump for picking him. Host what do you think about tim kaine . Hes had much more experience than mike pence has. Hes been a governor, senator, pence was a congressman for a little bit, but he never did anything in the congress. I cant remember anything he did but stand behind bush when he made a speech. Next inrl is fredericksburg, virginia. The line for democrats. Caller good morning. Thanks for cspan, pedro. I have a question. Is mike pence was all that great, how come you didnt make speaker of the house . How come he didnt makes bigger of the house . Host i will let you answer your own question. Caller if he was all that great , after he made that statement about hillary and her bid for election, he went straight downhill and they decided they were going to put him out there anymore. He has to be independent and some of the things that he is saying. And a lot of the things he is saying, hes mimicking trump. It doesnt look that great. Far as tim kaine, what are your thoughts on him being from virginia . Caller im from virginia, and so far, everything is going pretty good with him. Hes very versatile. He seems to be very knowledgeable about whats going on not just here, but as far as Foreign Affairs are concerned, he seems to be very knowledgeable about that as well. Host you living in the commonwealth when he was governor . Caller yes. Host what were his account was months as governor . The compliments as accomplishments as governor . Caller he did his job and stayed out of the limelight. And thats good. He was doing his job. Everything seemed to be going pretty well. Host the Vice President ial pick for Hillary Clinton, tim kaine, was recently speaking amongst supporters and was asked about Hillary Rodham clintons statement about the basket of deplorables. Here is tim kaine responded to that. [video clip] tim kaine the important thing is if you let deplorable statements go unchallenged, thats actually divisive. I would call on others to condemn deplorable statements. There are too many people who are supporting donald trump, im talking about elected officials, who dont go on record and condemn deplorable statements. The guy wants to be commanderinchief of the military but says the military is a disaster. Thats worthy of public condemnation. This is someone who goes after a judge who is mexicanamerican and says the very fact of his heritage makes him unqualified to render a ruling in a case. That is a comment that is worthy of condemnation. At our best, we condemn comments in attitudes and ideas more than we condemn people. You can sometimes in the heat of the moment, adjust that little bit one way or the other. But if you dont condemn deplorable statements, if you dont condemn divisive statements, then you allow our politics to become divided. Host democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. Independents, call 202 7488002. DeVice President ial choices factor do Vice President ial choices factor into your choice for president . The only group to whom a vp pick is relevant is the voters of his home state. If it came to that, ill take president kaine over President Trump any day. President obama will be attending a rally for Hillary Clinton as part of his efforts to help her. Washington times, they say he will attend the nominee rally in philadelphia, pennsylvania. A crucial battleground straight battleground state. Host from maryland, we hear from bruce on the independent line. Bruce, good morning. Caller good morning. To what the Vice President of the Democratic Party said. I guess im one of the deplorables. This. Ck and tired of and he plays the race card all the time. Makes certain assumption that half of a strong supporters are a basket of deplorables. Thats not a deplorable statement . Dont cut me off. Listen very carefully. Yesterday, i showed up for the trump rally in downtown baltimore. And there were protesters protesting donald trump. For i suggested my support camed trump, one of them over and spit on me. My turn to confront that person, three or four people assaulted me, pushed me around, and a Police Officers broke it up. And they wouldnt arrest him. And i argued with the police officer, why isnt he being arrested for assaulting me . The use of a kind of deplorables in the Democratic Party. Host that said, what do you think about mike pence . Caller im going to be honest, i dont know that much about him. I dont know that much about his record. Himselfway he expressed , he is calm, cool, collected. Good contrast for donald trump. I like donald trump. He is brash sometimes. Pence, i like his comments and his personality. Compared to the democratic candidate, i hate even mention his name. Maybe he is the discriminatory person. Maybe he is the racist. Of that phrase being thrown around so much by the Democratic Party. Maybe its the democrats that are the racist. Caller thats bruce host thats bruce in maryland. We hear next from florida on the democrat line. Caller good morning. Mike pence is a choice for Vice President , along with donald trump, is a travesty. Any learned person, any rational person, would be able to see that. Why specifically in mr. Pences case . Caller mr. Pence did away with he wants the right to work states. Which means you can pay employees just about anything you want, which is a slap in the face to most americans. Andever mentions unions what the unions of done for this country. Giving people a decent wage. He doesnt seem to be for the people. Trump was in the gambling business, gambling is an addiction where people lose everything they have. Thats what i think these people are about. I think they are about just getting as much as they can for as long as they can. Host are you a supporter of Hillary Clinton . Caller i dont ask support hillary either. She didnt go with bernie. Bernies ideas were fabulous. She is a particularly seem to embrace them. A little bit about it, the 15 an hour, but then she goes down to 12 an hour. She says now. Its just gotten out of hand. And the press hasnt been covering it. Thatjust a shame journalism has deteriorated to the point that it has. Im sorry to complain so much, but its obvious, people, whats going on here. Theres a blackout in the news. If you would see Joe Scarborough this morning on msnbc, it was around this. Thats bill and sebastian, florida. Speaking of florida, senator marco rubio, who is running for reelection, says