Ben Carson Should Be Rand's VP Choice.

[LatinsforPaul]

I believe Rand has already picked another Republican as his VP...

 

[TaftFan]

I'm down!

 

[TaftFan]

Ben Carson on Rand Paul: His Vaccine Comments Were ‘Misunderstood’
http://www.mediaite.com/online/ben-carson-defends-rand-paul-his-vaccine-comments-were-misunderstood/

 

[CPUd]

If no one can win after the 2nd ballot, I doubt the nominee will have much choice in the running mate.

 

[JK/SEA]

eff carson...

Rep. Mia Love from Utah would be a better choice.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Are you guys all delusional?

Rand has 2.7% Carson has 19%

Carson has 7 times the numbers Rand does. Why would he ever agree to be Rand's running mate? If anything it's going to be the other way around.

 

[erowe1]

Are you guys all delusional?

Rand has 2.7% Carson has 19%

Carson has 7 times the numbers Rand does. Why would he ever agree to be Rand's running mate? If anything it's going to be the other way around.

As we almost all said in the posts that you didn't read before arguing against, obviously this wouldn't happen until after Rand won the nomination.

 

[CaptUSA]

I really like Carson. I've read a couple of his books.

But I'd like him for Surgeon General.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

RON Paul is my choice for Rand's VP. That way no one in the elite will dare contemplate shooting Rand. Rand's administration could operate the way GW Bush's did with Cheney--with Ron as the main operator and decision maker, Rand as the front man.

 

[Sola_Fide]

1) That's because the male g-spot is reached through anal sex.

Thanks for that information.

 

[Batman]

Yeah I don't even want to see Carson's name on my primary ballot.

There's no path to the White House without Ohio. I'd consider Kasich.

 

[cindy25]

Michigan and Amash would be worth as much as Ohio and Kasich. but the real path to victory is to select electors by congressional district.

 

[erowe1]

Yeah I don't even want to see Carson's name on my primary ballot.

There's no path to the White House without Ohio. I'd consider Kasich.

You like Kasich better than Carson? Why?

 

[jmdrake]

eff carson...

Rep. Mia Love from Utah would be a better choice.

Has she come out and praised Rand Paul the way Ben Carson did? No. So.....why do you like her better? That said, this is silly. Carson's ahead in the polls. There's no incentive for him to even consider a VP slot. And trying to resurrect a stagnant campaign by offering a VP slot when you haven't even come close to getting the nomination smells like desperation. Really, I haven't hung out on other campaign forums. Do other grassroots activists engage in this "Let's pick a VP candidate prematurely so they'll like our guy better" nonsense?

 

[jmdrake]

Thanks for that information.

And thanks for clipping out the context where I said this is what I read and not what I experienced.

 

[JK/SEA]

Has she come out and praised Rand Paul the way Ben Carson did? No. So.....why do you like her better? That said, this is silly. Carson's ahead in the polls. There's no incentive for him to even consider a VP slot. And trying to resurrect a stagnant campaign by offering a VP slot when you haven't even come close to getting the nomination smells like desperation. Really, I haven't hung out on other campaign forums. Do other grassroots activists engage in this "Let's pick a VP candidate prematurely so they'll like our guy better" nonsense?

relax...its just an exercise in what could or couldn't be. Mia Love has some interesting back ground. Thats it.

 

[jmdrake]

relax...its just an exercise in what could or couldn't be. Mia Love has some interesting back ground. Thats it.

Oh I like Mia Love. I'm just pointing out that we know Carson actually likes Rand Paul. Not sure why folks treat him as the enemy. It's not his fault he's ahead in the polls. (Okay...well maybe that is his "fault" but anyhow). As for the exercise, the OP billed this as a way to win the nomination. It's not. But every four years we play this silly mind game of "Who can we add to the ticket to somehow win the nomination." Presidential primaries just don't work that way. It frustrates me that this seems so hard for people to understand.

 

[Galileo Galilei]

Jeb Bush would be a better choice.

Reagan and JFK beg to differ.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Has she come out and praised Rand Paul the way Ben Carson did? No. So.....why do you like her better? That said, this is silly. Carson's ahead in the polls. There's no incentive for him to even consider a VP slot. And trying to resurrect a stagnant campaign by offering a VP slot when you haven't even come close to getting the nomination smells like desperation. Really, I haven't hung out on other campaign forums. Do other grassroots activists engage in this "Let's pick a VP candidate prematurely so they'll like our guy better" nonsense?

This Carson-Paul connection is a very important consideration to keep in mind if Rand's campaign does not catch fire in the early primary contests. For example, at this point, the only candidate who realistically looks like they could beat Trump in Iowa is Carson (this may change by January, but it's the objective implication given months of poll results).

By late February or early March, if Rand has not won anything, he could choose to soldier on, suspend the campaign completely, or cut a deal with Carson (depending on his success) to quit and endorse him, in exchange for Carson immediately naming him as his running mate. Certainly not the preferred option, but Rand being on the ticket under Carson is the least hideous "Rand as a running mate" scenario, given the rest of the field.

 

[Batman]

You like Kasich better than Carson? Why?

Yeah I'll pretty much take Lawrence Lessig before Carson.