[taildragger]

FWIW, this is who I think Trump's VP will be...

Senator Rand Paul

Follow me on this...

* Trump needs to get things through the House and Senate.
* With Newt as Chief of Staff, he can work Bills through the House with him.
* And with Paul as Presiding over the Senate he has got a contact with the Senate to maneuver through that mind field.
* More So...
* IMHO Mitch McConnell owes Rand.....
* Say what you will about Matt Bevin as a Senate Candidate, he is the Gov. now, and is not to be taken lightly IMHO. Without Rand endorsing McConnell it might have been Senator Bevin.
* As a Fellow Freeper noted they have seen Sanders and Paul bumper stickers on cars in College / Liberal areas.
* FWIW, the Bernsters are not going to pull the lever for Kim Jong Shrill.
* As someone who is around kids I have noted the Millennial interest in Rand and I think he could swing a number of disaffected Bernie Voters to Trump, they like him he has got that Uncandidate Hipster thing going on and they dig it.

Two other things....

* Rand bowed out early with grace.
* And he was the only one to talk about cutting government and the debt, something that Trump around the edges has noted.

Sounds like a win / win to me...

[BiggerTigger]

Haven’t been much of a Rand Paul fan but I’m agreeing with your points. Strategywise it sounds very good. Needs sleeping on ;)

[FreedomNotSafety]

Pick Kasich. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take Kasich. He is the best. He even has a direct line to the Pearly Gates and St. Peter. He has helped the poor!

If that doesn’t happen then pick a VP who will help win. I an not seeing a win just yet and I do not see how Rand helps.

[thoughtomator]

My thoughts are similar. Rand Paul is the perfect VP candidate for a Trump-led ticket to pull landslide numbers among independents, bring many disaffected Republicans back into the fold, and to attract crossover votes from disaffected Democrats.

I also think that Trump picking Paul as the first opponent to knock off the stage was because Trump perceived him to be the strongest of his 16 competitors, and the one most necessary to remove from the contest for Trump to win.

[AustinBill]

Interesting analysis, but you missed another key point. Trump needs a running mate that the "powers that be" do not want to see in the Oval Office. Call it "health insurance". Trump will need plenty of that as he cleans the Augean Stables of DC.

Rand "Audit the Fed" Paul fits that requirement perfectly. He'd also be a more than willing and able partner to help in the cleanup efforts with Trump.

A good unconventional choice for what will be a decidedly unconventional President.

[lyby]

My twenty-something children who emphatically state they exercise their voting rights by NOT voting, may actually consider participating in the election process if Rand Paul were on the ticket. They are huge Ron Paul supporters... What can I say.