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I make the case that a Mitt Romney/Rand Paul ticket would benefit neither man in the long term. Dan McCarthy points to some upsides. The crux of our disagreement is that I do think efforts to integrate the Ron Paul movement into the Republican Party would be complicated, if not halted, by Rand associating himself with an administration repellent to that movement. Paradoxically, that might be a good reason for anti-Paul Republicans to tolerate him on the ticket. (I don’t, for the record, think a Romney-Paul ticket is at all likely.)
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Mimi | 6.7.12 @ 4:09PM
Nor do I ! Even though Rand does not seem as extreme in some ways as his father, he is new at elective office...He does very well, so far but needs more time working in government.
Now if a Conservative is V.P. my pick would be either Newt or Rick Santorum...both have past experience...did a darn good job in the primaries and between them got a LOT of votes and support.
Both would benefit Romney and the country very well. God forbid if anything happened, both would be able to serve , in a heart-beat as the President....Romney needs them both in some aspect...GOOD MEN and strong Cponservatives!
Crassus| 6.7.12 @ 5:38PM
Perish the thought of Sonny Boy Rand being only a heartbeat away. Please.
William R| 6.8.12 @ 12:53AM
Perish the thought of an idiot like you saying anything intelligent.
Occam's Tool| 6.8.12 @ 3:18PM
No, I don't think so. It would be like having William R a heartbeat away from the Presidency. Much better to keep him where he is: the bathroom attendant at a bathhouse in the Castro District.
Bob Grant| 6.8.12 @ 1:21AM
And Joe Biden makes you sleep like a baby at night? ..or maybe Nancy Pelosi being 2 heartbeats away from the presidency for all those years?
Breath in, breath out. Oxygen's good for the brain my friend!
Crassus| 6.8.12 @ 11:08AM
Hang up your microphone and buy yourself a new toupee, Mr. Gigante. You're long past your prime. Sonny Boy as Veep would just be the GOP version of Biden. That might be progress in your world but not in mine.
Paul McGrath| 6.7.12 @ 7:08PM
Yes, it would be somewhat complicated by the fact that I--a die-hard conservative Republican--and one who is still a bit unsettled about Romney in the first place, would be appalled by a VP pick by anyone with the last name of Paul.
Mitt, you gotta move right baby. You have to pick a staunch, well-known, conservative. There are at least of few of them and you know who they are.
darcy| 6.7.12 @ 10:02PM
Yes, like Jim DeMint. He would make a stellar president, if the need arose.
Quartermaster| 6.7.12 @ 10:10PM
I doubt Rand Paul would go for it. He might give tepid support to Mittens, but Mittens is an abomination to everything a conservative stands for and Paul himself couldn't stomach it.
The GOP is going to regret Mittens. Quite possibly more than it regrets McCain. Libtards are never a good fit for the current GOP.
Crassus| 6.7.12 @ 10:46PM
Sonny Boy announced tonight that he is endorsing Mittenz. Sounds like he'll take the Veep slot in a heartbeat if Mittenz is dumb enough to offer it to him.
Quartermaster| 6.8.12 @ 7:38PM
I doubt "Sonny boy" is as dumb as you think he is. He's certainly got a lot more on the ball than Mittens does.
JimH| 6.8.12 @ 8:36AM
I would not recommend Rand Paul as the VP choice though I think he would make a better VP, though not necessarily a better VP candidate than some others that are being suggested such as Rubio. Romney would do best with a candidate who has real Tea Party bona fides. If he picks an establishment RINO the base will vote for him, but that is about it. Wisconsin has shown that you need enthusiastic, energetic support on the ground.
Casey Abell| 6.8.12 @ 9:45AM
Sometimes I think that Antle is truly out to lunch, other times I'm sure of it. Earth to W. James III: nobody cares about Ron Paul. The guy bombed huge in the GOP primaries. He's 800 years old. He's gone from politics after November. He's completely irrelevant, and he has as much chance of being Romney's veep candidate as I do.
Casey Abell| 6.8.12 @ 9:47AM
Yeah, I know Antile's post is about Ron Paul's son. But Antle just has this fixation with the Paul clan. It's spooky.
And Ron Paul's son has as much chance to be Romney's veep candidate as I do.
Dai Alanye | 6.8.12 @ 10:35AM
A strong conservative VP would be a great addition to the ticket, but we need to recognize that Paulites aren't conservative except in a very narrow sense.
Quartermaster| 6.8.12 @ 7:41PM
Overwhelmingly, those of you that call yourselves conservative don't know the meaning of the term. You're far too young, or have utterly no historical connection to our country. You simply exist and judge yourselves on current standards.
Alas, for you, Paul is far closer to a true, historical conservative, than you will ever know.
Oldefarte| 6.8.12 @ 4:56PM
If there is such a thing as a SURE BET, it would be that a Romney-Paul ticket will NEVER HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!