text:  Well, I think when he was running in 2016, at this point in the race, he still had to unite Republicans. I think there were a lot of conservatives that were concerned that he wouldn't be conservative enough once he was elected. And so he looked for a mainstream conservative, Mike Pence. The dynamic is very, very different in 2024. Republicans are very unified behind Donald Trump. Conservatives love Donald Trump. And so he doesn't have to feed the party base in the same way that he did eight years ago.