“.the elite Republicans knew Romney would likely run into trouble and thus Pauls run to hedge him in.” You may be right there Caww. It is just tough for my little brain to imagine any of the Paulistas warming up to the R man...so different than what they say they are about.
Well they won't go for SAntorum since Pauls been opposing him right along....and besides he's way to conservative on the social issues for them, so that would never fly.
So Romney would be the middle ground for them
If Romney picks Rand Paul as VP then guaranteed Pauls supporters will gladly run to Romney's arms.