Paul/Bachman 2012

[trey4sports]

This is our ticket folks. Whether it's Ron or Rand we need Bachman. I don't really like her but she is the missing puzzle piece to a winning campaign IMHO



She does well with self-identified conservatives and with women. I don't know if she appeals to the religious right but im willing to guess she does. These are groups that we NEED. On the PLUS side, she will at least pay lip service to minimizing the FED.

In fact i'll go a step further and guess that she will be the likely VP for whoever gets the GOP nod.

 

[misconstrued]

I don't like her and I don't trust her.

 

[acptulsa]

I don't like her and I don't trust her.

Well, as long as we trust the Secret Service, it could be ok.

She has the advantages of attracting female votes, yankee votes and even a few neocon 'hold your nose and vote for Paul so we can win' votes. And she's just palatable enough that she wouldn't piss us, the base, off as much as, say, Meghan McCain or Palin.

 

[Kotin]

her and dr.paul are friends in congress if I remember correctly.. but her foreign policy is enough to make that duo very unlikely..

 

[Sola_Fide]

Strictly speaking about personality, she seems abrasive to me.

But I think you are right in that she has a good shot to be a vp. Rubio does too, unfortunately.

 

[Johnnymac]

For some reason when i think of her i think of palin

 

[AZKing]

I think she's just another big talk no walk Tea Partier. That is evidenced by her vote for the PATRIOT Act. Anyone who claims to be conservative/TEA/constitutionalist shouldn't be voting for it.

At any rate, how does she fare with independents? I think that's where the focus really needs to be. A Republican ticket, in theory, should attract most of the Conservative/neocon/social con/TEA voters anyway, because they're tired of Obama.

 

[brandon]

Makes about zero sense. She has even less general election appeal than Ron. And there is a general stigma about congresspeople running for VP or president, so it would be a bad bet to have two of them on a ticket. He would need to find a governor or senator for his VP. Johnson would be a decent choice if we would quit talking about smoking pot.

 

[nayjevin]

Nope. Need the best person for the job.

I would like a woman as V.P., but not as a sideshow, and not one who doesn't understand liberty.

Karen Kwiatkowski? Naomi Wolf?

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Makes about zero sense. She has even less general election appeal than Ron.

This.

Ron Paul would need to find a Governor or a Senator, preferably the former, that has a lot of mainstream appeal.

 

[sailingaway]

her and dr.paul are friends in congress if I remember correctly.. but her foreign policy is enough to make that duo very unlikely..

She also voted for the Patriot Act and for the leadership budget package.

 

[Guitarzan]

Thought for a second it said Paul/Buchanan. I'd like that much more...

 

[acptulsa]

Wonder if Coburn would do it? He's currently slated to retire in '14.

 

[JohnEngland]

Paul/Bachmann? I could see it...

 

[heavenlyboy34]

I say the old system in which the VP and Prez are elected separately should be restored. /rebel

 

[IDefendThePlatform]

No way. Putting her on the ticket would undermine everything Dr. P stands for.

We need a true libertarian/constitutionalist type.

Judge Nap
Gary Johnson
maybe Mike Lee or some other young unknown libertarian type.

What would happen in the VP debate when they ask Bachmann six questions in a row where she disagrees with Dr. P? Not good.

 

[acptulsa]

Dang, we're in trouble. You know, gang, Cheney was the exception, not the rule. Unless, like LBJ, your running mate kicks off, all you do as VP is try to present a 'balanced ticket' for the election, you break the rare Senate tie and you attend the funerals of foreign dignitaries. If we're going to turn our back on Dr. Paul because he tries to balance his ticket with someone still as out of the ordinary as Bachmann or Coburn, that's kind of limiting.

 

[IDefendThePlatform]

Dang, we're in trouble. You know, gang, Cheney was the exception, not the rule. Unless, like LBJ, your running mate kicks off, all you do as VP is try to present a 'balanced ticket' for the election, you break the rare Senate tie and you attend the funerals of foreign dignitaries. If we're going to turn our back on Dr. Paul because he tries to balance his ticket with someone still as out of the ordinary as Bachmann or Coburn, that's kind of limiting.

I'm not saying I would turn my back, he could pick a monkey for VP and I'm still in.

I just think it undermines his clearcut freedom message to pick another big government, interventionist conservative as his second in command.

Its the same idea as why he didn't endorse McCain last time. He could have gained some favor with the base by doing that, but its a contradiction to what he stands for, and that is more important.

 

[low preference guy]

I'd rather choose something more aligned with our ideas. Mike Lee for example.

If Paul is going to select someone more traditionally Republican, I'd prefer DeMint over Bachmann.

 

[acptulsa]

I just think it undermines his clearcut freedom message to pick another big government, interventionist conservative as his second in command.

That's impossible to argue with. At the same time, it wouldn't hurt to send the message that he's honestly trying to represent everyone. And that's the point of selecting a running mate to 'balance the ticket'.

Of course, I'd probably be happiest myself with Jesse Ventura. I don't see Dr. Paul getting shot with old Jesse behind him. But I don't see it as a winning ticket.

I'd rather choose something more aligned with our ideas. Mike Lee for example. Even Jim DeMint.

DeMint over Coburn? Seriously?