Trump Can Be Defeated If The Libertarians Flip Their Ticket Immediately

Johnson, by comparison, is a wild card.

Despite having been Governor of another blue state, New Mexico, Johnson inspires little confidence or support within the Republican mainstream. He’s the sort of man who checks his watch when you ask him how long it’s been since he smoked or consumed marijuana; like Trump, he speaks off the cuff, but more like a well-intentioned but dopey neighbor than Trump’s Mussolini. He dresses casually, is only moderately articulate, and seems a perfectly nice lightweight.

Johnson has already said that he and Weld are essentially partners; if elected, they’d share a staff as well as one another’s counsel for all important decisions. They already do more joint interviews than any presidential ticket in recent memory, suggesting that their premise of a "co-presidency" of sorts is not merely a campaign ploy. Indeed, the public presentation of the two candidates as equals atop the ticket is consistent enough that it emphasizes that Johnson himself unlike Weld, an actual, long-time Libertarian probably agrees that he should play second fiddle to his running mate.