If Gary Johnson were to win the nomination...

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Who would be his best potential VP pick?

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Will any of those you named, Libertas, have the proper credibility?

I don't think a 2-year Senator would be seen as ready for the VP slot. Look what happened to the two-year Governor.

Also, how would the ticket reach out to more socially conservative Republicans?

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Nixon had also served in the House of Representatives. Rand Paul and Peter Schiff have no prior political experience.

Although I must say that the Eisenhower ticket was pretty lacking in political experience and managed to do quite well, so who knows.

Problem is that Johnson isn't a popular and respected war hero.

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Will any of those you named, Libertas, have the proper credibility?

I don't think a 2-year Senator would be seen as ready for the VP slot. Look what happened to the two-year Governor.

Also, how would the ticket reach out to more socially conservative Republicans?

Well Barack Obama did win the top job and he only really did his job as as senator for less than two years before he started campaigning for the presidency...


If Rand Paul can win a Senate race in Kentucky, I think he would be conservative enough to shore up socially conservative votes. Even moreso with Rubio after taking down Crist.

There's also Judge Andrew Napolitano.


Is there anyone out there with more experience yet who still holds at least somewhat libertarian values?

What about, say, Jeff Flake?

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Will any of those you named, Libertas, have the proper credibility?

I don't think a 2-year Senator would be seen as ready for the VP slot. Look what happened to the two-year Governor.

Also, how would the ticket reach out to more socially conservative Republicans?

Well Barack Obama did win the top job and he only really did his job as as senator for less than two years before he started campaigning for the presidency...


If Rand Paul can win a Senate race in Kentucky, I think he would be conservative enough to shore up socially conservative votes. Even moreso with Rubio after taking down Crist.

There's also Judge Andrew Napolitano.


Is there anyone out there with more experience yet who still holds at least somewhat libertarian values?

What about, say, Jeff Flake?

I guess he might be alright, but he's only a rep too, right?

Yes but he got elected in 2000, so he's been around a while.

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Rand Paul, a southerner with a lot of paleo-conservative supporters, would help attract cultural conservatives to the ticket.  There would probably still be some anti-drug peeps who would stay home or defect to the Democrats, but they were closet-democrats all along anyways. 

Why would anti-drug people go to Barack Obama? He isn't exactly Zell Miller.