I understand your concerns. It's just a rumor. The reasons you state account for me being 35% against the idea, but the reasons I state account for 65% of liking it.
but now Rand Paul just endorsing Romney about 30 minutes ago tells me Romney and Paul came to some kind of deal, because we must assume Rand has spoken to his father about it.
I doubt the veepstake will happen, but it's fun to talk about. I admit some of this is just me wanting to get the Tea Party in the White House, but that's just a little bit of it. However, if Romney wants to win, he MUST embrace the Tea Party. I only hope the Tea Party will force him to be accountable. And of course, Ron Paul Sec Treasury!
Here is something I just read that suggests it will never happen,
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/ ... -ron-paul/WASHINGTON, June 5, 2012 — There has been much speculation about the meeting between Rand Paul and Mitt Romney. Rand has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick for Romney, presumably to woo Ron Paul supporters who have lost faith in their candidate's chances.
On the surface, this looks like a smart idea. Congressman Paul has accumulated many more delegates than the media claims he’s won. His chances may be slim, but he has the power to cause a convention floor-fight if he chooses. Romney would like to avoid anything resembling a divided Party at the convention in Tampa. That would damage his credibility and weaken him going into the general election, hence the meeting with Senator Paul.
However, if more people understood the reasoning of Ron Paul's supporters, Rand would not be part of the VP discussion.
Getting the support of the Paul revolution would be a dream come true for the Romney campaign, but won't happen. Romney lacks many qualities that Paul’s supporters look for in a candidate. These include honesty, integrity, consistency and substance. Romney has none of these, and we haven't even gotten to his positions on the issues yet.
Ron Paul has already refused to endorse Romney as the Republican nominee, and will not endorse him even after the convention. This makes a Rand Paul vice-presidency extremely unlikely. Senator Paul is not going to put his father in the position of choosing between his son and his principles.
Romney is smart. He knows that Rand Paul is not likely to accept the VP spot out of respect for his father and their vastly different views on conservatism. Rand might not even endorse Romney due to his ideological honesty. Romney and Paul differ on issues such as the USA Patriot Act, the National Defense Authorization Act, the Federal Reserve, and our foreign policy in general. With so little common ground it is a far stretch to consider him accepting a vice-presidential nod from the former Governor of Massachusetts.
If you are not convinced that Senator Paul would not accept a spot on the ticket with Romney, remember Rand Paul's last two speeches at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). In 2010, Rand reminded the hawkish crowd that if Republicans weren't willing to consider military spending cuts, then they were “big government conservatives[s]” who “could not lay claim to balancing the budget.” He closed his speech by boldly attacking the concept of party loyalty. “It's not enough to have Republicans in charge. We're not inherently exceptional as Republicans.”
