There are three reasons to choose a particular running mate:
1) To win the state from which the running mate is from
2) To win voters sympathetic to running mate
3) To give a particular image to the team
Nobody chooses a running mate for their potential to influence policy (the VP position is a weak position).
Nobody is realistically thinking about future electability of the VP pick, TEN years in the future.
The “heartbeat from the Presidency” meme was only used for Dan Quayle. This was never used on Joe Biden, who is dumb as a box of rocks.
Rubio (who has already decided to give up his Senate seat) puts Florida in Walker’s tally and will bring in some of the Hispanic vote. He will NOT change Walker’s new-found immigration stand, nor will Rubio moderate Walker’s aggressive implementation of conservatism.
Strategically, it isn’t a bad choice.
Snot nose, deer in the headlights Rubio brings nothing to the table though. He is supposed to be good on foreign policy, but that is POLICY, and there are plenty better.
Agree
Rubio sucks but is the only way to ensure Florida
SHRILLARY must be defeated at any cost