Rand Paul gets speaking slot at Republican National Convention

[jct74]

Santorum, Jeb, Rand Paul get convention speaking slots

By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 8/7/12 12:07 AM EDT

Via Reuters, the latest news on convention slots for the RNC:

Rick Santorum, the former presidential candidate who lobbed harsh criticism at Romney during some bitter primary contests, will join a host of other big-name Republicans as headline speakers, according to Republican sources.

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will also speak at the convention, along with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and tea party hero and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.

Paul spent much of the year campaigning against Romney on behalf of his father, Texas Congressman Ron Paul.​

Some Romney advisers, per the story, had argued against giving Santorum the stage, given his harsh criticisms of the presumptive nominee in the primaries and the fears he would go off-script. It's hard to see how Santorum or his backers would have stood for that.

Jeb Bush getting a slot is no surprise. Neither is Rand Paul. To that end, all three men are likely 2016 contenders.

Yet while the inclusion of Paul was expected, given the national ambitions he's believed to hold and his dad's interest in preserving them, the selection underscores the following Ron Paul has developed, how important it is to Romney this cycle, and how important it could be to the Kentucky senator in the future.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns...aul-get-convention-speaking-slots-131280.html

 

[sailingaway]

Rand gets RNC speaking slot but not Ron? If they cheat so we can't nominate from floor....

.....

they will regret it.

And frankly, if Rand accepted this when Ron's speaking is in doubt, during Ron's election year, I don't think much of that. It feels like he is using his DAD's popularity as leverage and undermining Ron's own leverage, to me.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns...aul-get-convention-speaking-slots-131280.html

 

[RickyJ]

Well no VP offer for Rand, no one scheduled to speak ahead of time will be the VP. I guess this is all Rand gets for endorsing Romney. It certainly wasn't worth it.

 

[JK/SEA]

can't wait. I wonder if Rand will bring up the Bilderberg group?

 

[eleganz]

Would be cool if they announce Rand Paul and Ron steps out.

 

[RickyJ]

can't wait. I wonder if Rand will bring up the Bilderberg group?

Now why would he do that?

He will probably talk about the economy and ways to get it going again. This election won't be about gays, and it won't be about Iran, it will be about jobs.

 

[sailingaway]

We will nominate Ron from the floor.

 

[CPUd]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was offered back when Rand endorsed Romney. The only way this comes out good is if Ron does give a nomination speech, Rand gives his some time afterward, when the voting is done. Perhaps Rand would be the one to introduce Romney.

 

[The Gold Standard]

We already know what the speech will be, and I hope the Paul delegates raise hell and boo the shit out of it. It will be Obama this and Obama that and we can't afford four more years of Obama. Mitt is best for the economy. Mitt is best on foreign policy. Anyone planning to nominate Ron from the floor should forget about it. Etc.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Well no VP offer for Rand, no one scheduled to speak ahead of time will be the VP. I guess this is all Rand gets for endorsing Romney. It certainly wasn't worth it.

What he gets out of endorsing the establishment is the establishment's support for him in 2016. If it pans out like this, it was well worth the trade-off.

 

[JK/SEA]

We already know what the speech will be, and I hope the Paul delegates raise hell and boo the shit out of it. It will be Obama this and Obama that and we can't afford four more years of Obama. Mitt is best for the economy. Mitt is best on foreign policy. Anyone planning to nominate Ron from the floor should forget about it. Etc.

yep...game ...set...match.....have a nice day.

 

[sailingaway]

What he gets out of endorsing the establishment is the establishment's support for him in 2016. If it pans out like this, it was well worth the trade-off.

to some here, perhaps.

 

[Indy Vidual]

Let's see what he will have to say...

 

[JK/SEA]

Let's see what he will have to say...

no.

 

[newbitech]

Good for Rand. It's bad enough he has to go toe to toe with people he will never change. It's even worse he has to do it with half his fathers supporters ready to tar and feather him for daring to pick up where his father left off.

 

[sailingaway]

Good for Rand. It's bad enough he has to go toe to toe with people he will never change. It's even worse he has to do it with half his fathers supporters ready to tar and feather him for daring to pick up where his father left off.

Except he hadn't left off.

Is he or is he not trying to speak at convention?

 

[CPUd]

They might have messed up putting Tricky Ricky up there. He doesn't have as many 'real' delegates as the press would have you believe.

But that does probably mean he will release them.

 

[newbitech]

Except he hadn't left off.

Is he or is he not trying to speak at convention?

It's a changing of the guard. There is overlap. It's no big deal.

 

[sailingaway]

It's a changing of the guard. There is overlap. It's no big deal.

seriously?

I'm not going over it all, we had it out for weeks here. Let's just say I disagree.

Now, maybe he knows Ron WILL be nominated from the floor. If so that might be overlap. Otherwise it is more like in Ron's place. imho.

 

[RickyJ]

Except he hadn't left off.

Is he or is he not trying to speak at convention?

Ron certainly wants to speak at the convention, no doubt about that.

The best case scenario right now is that both of them get to speak and Romney doesn't win on the first round. It would sure make it a very interesting convention.