Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, is one of a handful of politicians who have made the transition from radio show host to politics, putting him in the company of Mike Huckabee, J.D. Hayworth, and, of course, Ronald Reagan. But despite having carved out a modest name for himself as a conservative Indiana talk show host in the 1990s, Pence doesn't much refer to his on-air past, Politico reports. But Pence's radio career was priming him to become exactly the kind of person Trump would later want to join his campaign:
Doing radio in the '90s, Pence wore crisp button-down shirts with the sleeves rolled up. He'd read snippets off wrinkled newspapers, nervously shuffle around his notes and make wild hand gestures. He had no sidekick, and there was no computer nearby for easy Googling. This was Pence unplugged, and it was here that he rebranded himself by offering a right-leaning spin on the world around him. He was also doing Trump's shtick years ahead of Trump, questioning the political wisdom of GOP leaders like Gingrich and Lott back in Washington, and much closer to home, condemning the local mainstream media for its "hatchet job" reporting on the Indianapolis 500. [Politico]
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