Posted on 06/11/2015 2:49:58 PM PDT by GIdget2004
Gov. Scott Walker (Wis.) is open to the idea of teaming up with Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) on a GOP presidential ticket, he told Bloomberg on Thursday.
“I do like Marco Rubio, I think he and I have similar thoughts on national defense and foreign policy,” Walker, who is weighing a 2016 run, said in an interview on Bloomberg's With All Due Respect.
Asked by Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin if he would be open to announcing in December that the two of them would run as a ticket, and settle who would be the nominee for president and vice president later, Walker replied that some supporters had pitched that idea.
 “I've actually had quite a few people, grassroots supporters, donors, and others, who have made that suggestion,” Walker said.
“For now, you know, Marco is a quality candidate. He's going to be formidable in this race as things progress. And if we were to get in, we'd be as well, and we'll see where things take us.”
He added that he and Rubio have joked that people mention the two possibly pairing up and said they would likely “have to arm wrestle over who would be top of the ticket."
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She is better on the illegals issue, than all the candidates who are ALL against deporting the 11 Million illehgals. And that includes your candidate, senator Cruz, who not only will not deport the illegals, but INCREASE foreign workers FIVE fold by expanding H-1B visa numbers.
Poster is correct...the latest RCP average is the evidence.
2016 Republican Presidential Nomination
RCP Average 5/19 - 6/2
Bush 11.3
Walker 10.8
Rubio 10.3
Carson 9.0
Paul 8.8
Huckabee 8.8
Cruz 7.5
Senator Cruz is not selling as well as others.
Cruz / West would be good.
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Tru dat! But I don’t think that will be happening. A dream ticket designed to crush the early onset dementia Hillary would be Ted Cruz/Carly Fiorina-—and THAT may actually happen.
“...Of those running, Cruz and Walker are the only ones worthy of consideration in my book and I have real concerns about all the Romney people surrounding Walker. They have a tendency to create strife among candidates only to destroy them all to make room for the anointed GOPe candidate....
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I agree....Walker needs to be careful with who he trusts, who he puts on staff and whose advice he listens to.
To Cruz and Walker, I’d add Carly Fiorina as one worthy of consideration (as VP only right now).
Bttt
Sounds good to me. Sounds like Cruz.
Kate Upton,”Will you be my hero?”
No, but I will be your bosom buddy.
Depends on what you mean. With a RINO at the head of the ticket, 1968, '72, '88, 2000, and '04. With a RINO on the ticket, add 1980 and '84, as well.
Sorry but Reagan wasn’t a RINO. Nixon and Ford, yeah they were RINOs and look at the result. Once people realized the liberal pit our nation was headed into, going RINO was no longer a luxury we could afford. RINOs worked for the other side. The RINO Bushes, I and II, in ‘88 and 2000, both got into office with people expecting conservative results. Everything we’ve gotten since Reagan — nothing but dems with R next to their names. Bush I, Dole, McCain, Romney all absolutely worthless. Bush II, probably did more damage than his father by enacting liberal programs and enabling the end of our freedoms. Just like Boehner and McConnell, every RINO since Bush II has done more for the democrats than they’ve ever done for conservatives. The last two, McCain and Romney intentionally throwing the election to let the dem, Obama, win.
We might have been able to afford a lot of things 50 years ago, but we can’t afford any RINOs now. They are nothing but a long string of losers.
Re-read the post. I said if one was included on the ticket - meaning Bush as VP.
Hi, Vin!
I do get the point about the almighty dollar and the hand over fist trade advantages for Big Business, the Chamber of Commerce and the Trickle Down To Me Please organization, but for the time being, no one much trusts Big Business and COC, who have stars in their eyes for global interests and progressive thinking.
I say that as an aside to this present vision of Jeff Sessions with his hair on fire over this cram-it-down-fast monster, whom I trust explicitly (mainly because he is not running for president) and the fog surrounding it that’s thick with rumors of executive power grabs and more end runs around a very dubious characters in the House and the Senate.
Even those voting on this hopefully imperiled monster today are unsure of what the vote will bring about, and are themselves hearing rolling reports of conflicting rules, conflicting language, conflicting interests and of heaven or hell as the outcome.
If it’s all pure as the driven snow, we could apologize later, but right now Jeff Sessions is a really proven and decent barometer of truth over fiction.
Politically speaking, I get the distinct feeling we are all bought and paid for already, so I will back the guy for whom Big Business pays the least interest and the lowest sum. :) (That’s a joke. Kinda’.)
Probably that will still be Cruz, is my guess at the moment.
Thanks, Vin.
I was referring to Natural-born citizen status, not to leadership qualifications, though you are correct about that.
My guess is it's the younger and moderate voters that tip Rubio over the top in his state.
I appreciate your opinion on that. I have been very curious about these support numbers, but realize they must surely be too fluid to measure, given these candidates are still mostly putting money together to make a long run.
Florida would explain a lot certainly.
False!
She has never had to face any issue.
Carly is “affirmative action” in action to the max.
Political show for big corporations.
Carly can talk all she wants because she has never been anywhere on any issue.
A total clean slate, to invent herself as is convenient at the place and time of her choosing.
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False!
She has never had to face any issue.
Carly is “affirmative action” in action to the max.
Political show for big corporations.
Carly can talk all she wants because she has never been anywhere on any issue.
A total clean slate, to invent herself as is convenient at the place and time of her choosing.
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Yes, I’ll give her that!
Might be jealousy, Hitlery is the only woman that has been the beneficiary of more affirmative action boosting than Carly.
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I think the only reason the likes of Jeb Bush (or Rubio) are even being mentioned is because Florida is a "Must win."
It is seen as either of these two being certain to take it.
But as for me, I'd rather lose with the correct ideas and policies, than "win" with the wrong ideas and policies. When we win with the wrong ideas and policies, our side's fortunes are ultimately damaged by being held responsible for the disasters thus created. See the Presidencies of both George Bushes, but primarily HW.
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