Marco Rubio endorses Romney and doesn't see himself as VP nominee

[alp227]

Last edited Thu Mar 29, 2012, 12:32 AM - Edit history (1)

(ETA 12:16am ET) Reuters reports that Sen. Marco Rubio has endorsed Mitt Romney for president. See Freepers crying here.

(original post, based on an Alan Colmes blog post)

Florida Senator Marco Rubio might know something, as he appears to put a lid on speculation.

“I’m not going to be the vice presidential nominee, but I’m always flattered when people bring it up, I think they mean it as a compliment,” Rubio said on MSNBC.

full + link to video: http://www.alan.com/2012/03/28/marco-rubio-im-not-going-to-be-the-vice-presidential-nominee/

Well...given that Romney and Santorum are both trailing Obama by 10+ pct in recent polls, there goes the chance for a handsome 40-year-old running mate in the event of a brokered convention. I wonder how the arguments over Chris Christie or anyone else as a running mate are going in the Republican boss boardroom.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Jim DeMint?

[Ikonoklast]

9. If that happens, I will go to Mass for a year.

I'd fucking pay to see that.

[Dawson Leery]

13. This would be a repeat of McCain/Palin.

It's all the GOP has at this time.

[TBF]

2. Someone his age doesn't want to be on a losing ticket -

he'll wait until 2016.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Yup. There's some failed reasoning out there that the VP on a losing ticket becomes the front runner

...four years later. It just doesn't happen.

Edwards was competitive in '08, but consistently found himself third behind Clinton & Obama.

Lieberman gained zero traction in '04.

Quayle was in and out of the race remarkably fast in '00 (and he actually WAS a VP).

Kemp didn't run again.

Bentsen didn't run again.

Ferraro didn't run again.

Dole is the last losing VP candidate who actually made it to the general and that didn't happen for 20 years (well not counting Mondale, who, like Quayle, was a VP - why the Dems felt the need to nominate a guy who was VP to what many considered a failed presidency is beyond me).

So, there is nothing gained by any of these Republicans unless they're convinced Romney will win.

[alp227]

5. what about Palin?

I don't know if you forgot or intentionally did not want to mention the shark who pretty much handed the election to Obama.

And there have been cases where the Vice President lost as the front runner: Humphrey in 1968 and Gore in 2000 (let's save an argument about Florida/the Supreme Court for another time).

But you are definitely right.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. You're right...I totally forgot about Palin...

Another one.

I think FDR was the last losing VP candidate to win the presidency - as he and Cox lost to Warren G. Harding in 1920. And he wouldn't run for president again for another 12 years.

[Alexander]

4. Joe Biden, August 19, 2008: "I'm not the guy"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/joe-biden-tells-reporters_n_119937.html

4 days later, Biden was announced as Obama's VP pick.

Rubio saying this means absolutely nothing.

[Major Hogwash]

6. Pssst, Marco. We already knew that.

What state are you from? Won't work.

[flamingdem]

17. They repukes don't need Rubio to win FL

They'll steal it

[IcyPeas]

8. Santorum?

catholics have been voting for romney, evangelicals have been voting for santorum. together they have large numbers.

[Ikonoklast]

10. It's going to be Ricky, I posted that before.

I'd wager a beer on it.

[alp227]

12. The frothy mix has expressed interest in being Romney's running mate

[Mr.Turnip]

14. I hope so, the only bigger train wreck would be RANDPAUL (SO BRAVE)

And I think Comedians would love it too.

[Firebrand Gary]

11. Interesting that Rubio would say this after Romney called him the "American Dream" on Leno. n/t

[BlueStater]

15. Yahoo made Rubio's endorsement front pages news and even put up a tiny picture of him.

http://www.yahoo.com/?r0=1333004579

What the hell is up with that? The endorsement of George Herbert Walker Bush, a former PRESIDENT, didn't warrant this kind of attention. I'm sick of this overrated pretty boy already.

[ellisonz]

16. If Team Romney has any sense, they will pick a woman. n/t

[alp227]

18. if not Palin, then who? Bachmann? Virginia Foxx?

[ellisonz]

19. Romney is going to have a hard sell.

Most of the more well regarded female Republicans are going to look at him as a dead man walking. A few to consider in no particular order: Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas.

Romney needs a someone with government experience from the South or the West. Palin was a massive failure of vetting, but all four of those have acceptable conservative records, can appeal to the base, and aren't total muppets in the Republican world.

I think that makes me sharper than Steve Schmidt

[Mr.Turnip]

20. isn't Nikki Haley mared in scandals like all the goddamn time?

[ellisonz]

21. A South Carolinian would know better...

...but she can't possibly be more scandalous than Palin or the GOP in general. I couldn't find anything new in a quick perusal

[ellisonz]

26. Yes, yes she is:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002490340

[alp227]

22. but Murkowski=RINO, that's why the Tea Partiers wanted Joe Miller.

and if not Rubio, then Martinez could be Romney's attempt to capture some crucial Latino voters.

[ellisonz]

23. Romney wants to win...

...and he's not that fond of the Tea Baggers. She works with your mainstream conservatives well-enough. Joe Miller was nuts.

[alp227]

24. not that fond of Tea Baggers???

explain this????

[ellisonz]

25. This is Mitt Romney were talking about...

...he'd wear a hood to speak at a Klan convention if he thought it'd help him win.

[JoePhilly]

27. The only viable one in that list is Martinez.

Haley is totally unknown and the SC Tea Party is angry at her.

No way do they go back to Alaska for a VP nominee.

Kay is too old ... its why McCain skipped over her, she was a much better choice than Palin ... now she's irrelevant.

Romney will struggle to win New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. Martinez might help him there.

Plus, he's going to assume that the insane states that voted for Santorum have no where else to go and so he'll win those by default.

Romney could focus on PA, Mich, IN, IL, and Martenez camps out in the lower mid-west. Lieberman will again campaign against Obama, focusing on Florida.

[ellisonz]

28. Since when is being old an encumbrance to being VP?

Throughout American history the job has often gone to an "elder" member of the party.

Martinez is kinda an unknown quantity on the national stage. Haley is known, but now has scandal problems.

Murkowski is capable, Palin was not.

Lieberman is irrelevant.

Either way, Romney has a big problem with women and he's not going to get around it picking an old white man.

Maybe he goes with Rick Perry.