I wish the talk of Rand being VP would stop

I'm voting 3rd party. It's just that simple.

we worked toward getting a handful of liberty/peace/constitution candidates elected, for example, Jim Forsythe, and Justin Amash.

Whatever the result is for 2012, after that, I think we'll get 4 times as many of our liberty/peace/constitution candidates into office as we did last time.

A few passing comments on this thread…

herbrp
“The President, unless it is Dr. Paul, is a spokesperson and puppet. Cheney ran the globe, just as Biden is now. Who do you think has more interaction with Hillary, Obama or Biden? Cheney did all the nation building and coordinated the illegal wars, etc.”
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Nonsense. GWB was a weak, idiot of a President, and was a creation of his handlers. Dick Cheney was brought in early in the nominating process to help choose his VP, and lo and behold, chose himself. All of GWB’s policy advisors were hand-picked by Cheney, in fact, he brought most of them over with him from the American Enterprise Institute (Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Libbey, Addington, Pearl, Feith, Khalilizad, Abrams, etc).

Romney is surrounded by advisors who are both neocon and Keynesians. Rand Paul would exert zero influence on a Romney presidency.
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TJ1776
“The VP is the president of the Senate. Rand could stop a monumental amount of BS from passing.”

Only when breaking a 50-50 tie. With the filibuster rules, nothing passes with less than 60 votes. I can’t remember the last time any 50-50 vote of import was actually broken by the VP.
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Baug
“The best solution, in that case, is for Mitt Romney to get a Tea Party icon to ride alongside him to assure conservatives that someone is holding him accountable. There are only five people that are probably qualified to fill that role. Sarah Palin (obviously won't be picked), Sen. Lee, Gov. Haley, Sen. DeMint (a likely choice), and the ultimate vote-winner Sen. Paul.

I think it'd be a wise strategic choice for Mitt Romney to pick Rand Paul, as it wins general public Tea Party and it would win many of us. I think we all know Rand has Presidential primaries coming up in his own future, but being a freshman Senator doesn't give him viability... yet.
Rand is seen as an ideas guy by the mainstream Republicans, and yet is solid enough in principle to be a good advocate of our cause. He's a great compromise, and I think Mitt would be well advised to keep Sen. Paul on his short list for VP.

All of that being said, that was assuming Mitt Romney would be making a wise choice for VP. Look for him to ask Sen. Thune, Gov. Christie. Sen. Rubio, Gov. Haley, or Gov. Jindal and mess the ticket up completely.”
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Rand would have no influence to “hold Romney accountable”. Becoming VP would remove him from the Senate, where he is quickly becoming the most important young leader in decades.
Understand that Rand would likely disappear for at least four years, sent off on some stupid mission to do…whatever. At that point, he would either be dropped from the ticket, leave, or be kept (to buy votes again) and sent off again.

To have Rand accept a VP slot would actually be killing two birds with one stone for the party. Rand gets marginalized by removing him from the Senate, and putting him under the thumb of the President and his advisors. They also get to use him to buy our votes.

Understand that is the only reason they would offer him the VP slot. TO BUY OUR VOTES, marginalizing him out of the Senate is just the icing on the cake.

Because of Dr Paul’s strong performance in Iowa and New Hampshire, the realization that the party absolutely cannot win without his supporters has been driven home like a stake through the heart. This is a problem, as they have so offended most of us that they have to know that it is futile to try. They also fear that we cannot be bribed or bought, but they will try anyway.

They first threatened Rand’s political future if Ron runs third party (as if they would support him otherwise…right), but now realize that most of us won’t vote for them anyway.

They are scared, and we need to stick to our guns. Do not let them buy your vote.

Anyway, I think the Paul’s are way to smart to fall for this.

If Rand Paul would run as a VP for Romney then the Revolution would be dead. VP's are NOTHING unless the President were to die. Can you imagine Rand Paul having to live under the thumb of the powers that be and have to suffer knowing that he is powerless to do anything?? Can you imagine the son of Ron Paul. as VP, having to literally sit and watch the Marxist leaders destroy our Constitution and watch the American people who have supported him and his father suffer unthinkable pain and suffering? The innocent and the very people that he swore to protect? NO WAY! It's either Ron Paul as President or we fight together as a people to stand for the Constitution and do our best to oust all the elitists and support Rand Paul for President in 2016.

If Romney were to win (he only can if the system is corrupt) then I think he would pick Christy for VP because Christy is a hawk just like Ronmey. I feel in my heart that Ron Paul will win and he will need all of the help that we can give him.

The last Vp that was elected president was George Bush senior in 1988, before that it was Martin Van Buren in 1836. NO POINT IN ANY VP TALK. it only helps Romney and destroys any chance of getting a Paul in the white house.

What these people are demanding sounds to closely to a Monarchy to me. I know Ron and Rand aren't corrupt. But that opens the door for Bill and VP Hillary. Romney & Son, I find it amazing that people that claim to know so much about our founding fathers, that they are demanding Monarchy. They would have not liked the idea of a single family holding both the presidency and Vice presidency. Again, it would be great this time, but what about the future tyrants that may rule this country and put all they're sons and relative in seats of authority.