Rand Paul is a nut case. Pick someone who actually might be a good POTUS should the need arise.
This pick would shore up the large libertarian contingent.
Based on stated criteria of someone who knows the ins and out of Washington and the legislative process:
Newt Gingrich???
Rand Paul is the most sensible pick.
He’s great assassination insurance - one of the few people the GOPe is less enthusiastic about than Trump - and has the experience to help Trump navigate the DC political scene.
He’d also be one of the few people who could bring millions of libertarian Republicans back into the fold.
For those paying attention, many of Trump’s foreign policy ideas are lifted directly from Paul. Trump clearly pegged Paul as the strongest competitor when he picked the latter out for elimination before dealing with any of the chumps that remained in the race.
Don’t shoot the messenger, please, just throwing this out there..........
Will the liberals and media beat up on us, if the ticket is two white men? Which will be contrasted with Hillary and a likely member of a minority as her running mate??
We can debate all day long the qualifications of the tickets, I’m just talking about the optics. Will the optics hurt us if Trump picks a white man, no matter how inspiring a pick he may be from the conservative point of view???
Having said that, I would throw out Allan West as a potential running mate for Trump to solve those problems.
The Jim Webb idea would be particularly troublesome for Hillary.
It’s a decent pick. They agree on a lot clearly, Rand’s probably better at actually articulating the details of a lot of it. But putting the Ron Paul army into play could be big. Doesn’t really address the demographic and geographic type considerations though, but maybe that’s OK.
Rand Paul isn’t a bad idea. I like it.
Not sure he’d go for it though.
Rand Paul has had a history of defending Muslims, flip-flopping on building the wall, and whining that Trump is a “bigot”, so I don’t think he’s an acceptable choice for VP. It’s really a shame that the man holds too many stupid views, because his criticisms of the Fed, printed money, and fractional reserve banking are extremely valuable.
I think that he might be a good choice for Secretary of the Treasury, though, where he wouldn’t have the opportunity to babble about some of his stupider beliefs. Note that I said “might”, because depending on how deep his love for Muslims is he may be ineligible for ANY political office.
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Rand Paul has his pluses and minuses.
Pluses are that he’s not pro-porn, pro-drug, or pro-abort, as many libertarians are. He’s also likable, courageous (the original “filibuster” guy with his drone thing, which shut down the Internet), and appealing to the young. He sticks to the issues, without a lot of trickery and bluster. He’s also a brilliant speaker in his own quiet way—a pro. He understands deeply why do we not want to go any farther toward socialism.
He’s in sync with Trump on strong military but careful intervention. But doesn’t seem to like Trump
His real minuses are he has no policy of defense of Israel, he’s agreeable to amnesty like many libertarians if not all, and he’s a bit too anti-cop for my taste. Don’t know how he is on the gay issue—probably not much difference from the liberals.
I’d like it if Trump picked Rand Paul or someone else of a libertarian bent.
The one VP choice I could not stomach would be Chris Christie. If Trump picks Christie, I would not vote for the Republican ticket. (I’d either go third party or, unhappily, just sit out the election.)
Paul would be acceptable for me. Better than Rubio, Kasich, Cruz or Carson.
Rand Paul would be a good choice. Definitely in my top 5.
He knows the system, has successfully fought the system, and has retained some semblance of respect amongst his colleagues unlike Sen. Cruz. He also brings in a lot of younger folks, and would be bringing in his horde of operatives which is no small feat: they’re tough and they’re fighters.
If you survey folks based on their political views you’ll find that a plurality are neither conservative nor liberal, but of a more libertarian bent.
A better move would be Ru Paul. That would take the LGBTQ question off the table as well as the race issue. And best off all it would make Hillary’s head explode. /SARC
Genius!
Trump superlandslide!
Rand loves America!
Rand Paul on the ticket??? I’LL VOTE HILLARY~~~~
If wanting to pick a VP to win the election... Then pick someone that will let Trump be Trump.