Doug Burgum Emerges as a Safe Option and a Wild Card

New York Times: “Mr. Burgum has squarely positioned himself as a prime contender, spending months supporting Mr. Trump on the campaign trail and in court, while risking his own political capital back home for a former president who prizes loyalty, demands fealty and considers any attempt to intrude on his spotlight a betrayal of both.”

“Mr. Burgum has become perhaps the safest option on Mr. Trump’s list — and the biggest wild card.”

“He is largely untested on a national stage and is not known for thrilling applause lines on the stump. Mr. Burgum has little in the way of a public profile, even among Mr. Trump’s attentive political base, and is not an ideological warrior like others under consideration.”