Mark Cuban says hed win White House with Charles Barkley as VP: No question about it

VP pick and roll.Former Kamala Harris campaign surrogate and “Shark Tank” mogul Mark Cuban believes he can win the presidency by choosing an NBA legend as his running mate.During an appearance on “The Steam Room” podcast, hosted by NBA TNT television personalities Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley, Cuban answered whether his recent turn as a political pundit would result in seeking elected office.Cuban first said “hell no,” about running for higher office, but said one thing could possibly change his mind.“Would your feeling on a run for office change if it were, say, a ticket of you and the Chuckster,” legendary basketball announcer Ernie “The Elevator” Johnson asked, referring to his co-host as the potential running mate.“Yes, absolutely,” Cuban replied with relish.“We’d win running away.

No question about it.”“We’d win,” Barkley said in matter-of-fact agreement.“We’d definitely win.

Yes absolutely, running away.”Cuban heaped praise on Barkley, all but calling him a role model for civility and personability.“Charles can talk to anybody and put himself in any circumstance and get along with everybody, and I think that’s what we need,” Cuban said.Moments before, the Round Mound of Rebound himself asked Cuban whether he “seriously considered” seeking an elected office.“I did a little bit,” Cuban said with a wince.“I even talked to a pollster.

But then I talked to my family and we took a family vote and they said, “hell no.”Cuban further elaborated that he believes today’s politics is “meaner” and that the “hate on social media” serves as a legitimate deterrent to his civic impulses. “If your kids live on social media, why would I put them through that?” Cuban asked rhetorically.Cuban, who was an active surrogate for the Harris campaign, said he was disappointed with Trump’s election victory in November —- but he is more focused on the future than the past.“What’s your first, initi...