What’s he supposed to say? The “it would be an honor to be considered” line is the standard cliche response from every politician when they’re posed with the VP question.
That’s not the point. The author says as much.
The author just says that such an event causes one to think about this in some fairly fruitful ways so far as explaining Ron Paul’s glaring reluctance to target Mitt Romney and his outstanding penchant for targeting everyone else in the field.
He’s supposed to say “that won’t happen because my dad is going to win”. Not this silly BS.
The fact that his name is even being brought up is an indication that there have been discussions with the Romney camp and the fact that nobody in the Romney camp has made any real effort to deny it is confirmation.
The reality is that Rand Paul has been a senator for less than fourteen months. Prior to this he has zero political experience aside from some Tea Party involvement and he has no executive experience. That Paul's name is being mentioned without firm denials based on his total lack of qualification certainly makes it look like something is up.
Of course you are right, and Mittens was just trying to “make nice” with the RP voters. Mittens wasn’t serious, and I don’t think Rand Paul would really want to be on a ticket with Romney - it would be like booking a passage on the General Belgrano during the Falklands war.