Pundits (including Frank Bruni) disagree (see his column in the New York Times).
"So why has Pence formed a political action committee, the only sitting vice president ever to do so," asks Bruni. "Why is he taking all these meetings, building all these bridges? I guess there could be some imaginable future in which Trump falls and Pence is left standing strong enough to soldier on."
Right now, Pence "is squeezed tight into a corner of compulsory worship."
At least he's no longer in the State House!
