Here's What Donald Trump Must Consider in Picking a Running Mate

MAY 4 2016, 2:12 PM ET

Donald Trump has been a one-man wrecking crew for political expectations, beating and upending the normal order of politics from the day he launched his campaign until Tuesday night, when he effectively wrapped up the Republican nomination.

But the tycoon-turned-contender says when it comes to picking a vice president, he's going by the playbook — a conventional move that's unexpected for him.

So who's he looking for? Someone "political," Trump said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday after his decisive primary win in Indiana.

"I have the business — let's call it talents," Trump added. "And I think I'll probably go the political route, somebody that can help me with legislation and somebody that can get things passed and somebody who has been friends with the senators and the congressman, so we don't have to go the executive order route."

Trump, however, refrained from name-checking a No. 2.

That doesn't mean he couldn't seek out someone within the political realm who could be as unexpected and unorthodox as the rest of the billionaire businessman's insurgent campaign, said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.