Romney VP list (user search)

Bachmann-Nope, she ran in the primaries, so people already know her, plus it would be Palin 2.0
Santourum -Lost reelection, so no.
Kate-Bailey Hutchinson-Too moderate.
Blackburn-She is a good choice (assuming you mean Marsha Blackburn).
Jindal-The PERFECT choice, along with Allen West or Susana Martinez.
Jeb Bush-The Bush name is no longer popular.
McDonnell-I think the Attorney General of Virginia would be a better choice.
Bolton-Good choice for Sec. of State, but otherwise, unelectable. Too bad, I like him alot.
Rice-I wish she would run, but she would refuse.

You know, I have never really understood this misconception. KBH is a mainstream conservative.

Too moderate for the Tea Party wing, plus she is more "establishment".

Everyone currently in the race short of Cain and Bachmann are too moderate for the "tea party wing" of the Republican Party in some way. I wouldn't use them as a metric by which to measure one's conservative credentials.

Ron Paul woul beg to differ with you on only Cain and Bachamann being Tea Party. How can you forget the Godfather of the Tea Party.

I would think the majority of the tea party folks would find themselves at odds with Paul's positions on things like drug policy and military funding. The tea party is not a synonym for libertarianism.

Depends which Tea Party. The original Tea Party protest, which I took part of, were around late 2009-2010. When the midterms vamped up, groups like Tea Party Patriots, and the Tea Party Express, hijacked the movement, and used the media coverage to bring in more people. The Tea Party movement, to me, is dead. Its a branch of the GOP, and the Tea Party organisations basically endorsed anyone with a "R" on the ballot. I finally called it quits with the Tea Party when I went to the big Donald Trump event in Boca, Florida, and was heckled (along with a few others) for being Ron Paul supporters. How is it possible that the most right wing Congressman in history is somehow too "Liberal" for the Tea Party!?!

I can't speak for the original tea party movement, because I was never a part of it and don't have any knowledge about it outside of the people that embrace the label - people like Bachmann who wants to go on a witch hunt for "unAmerican" congressman, Sarah Palin who is a strong militarist, Beck the fear monger, and other assorted run off from the neoconservative years. I can't imagine that Paul would take kindly to being labeled the Godfather of these loons brand of conservatism. I consider myself a Republican-Independent, and it's unfortunate that the GOP has devolved to what it is today. I'm glad to see the tea party's relevance wither away, it's not good for the Republican brand for us to be the party of irrationality, vitriol, and mob politics. I don't agree with much of what Paul says, but I do respect his viewpoint and definitely value his place in the party. I can't help but to think that, if the Bachmann/Palin/Beck wing of the tea party had it's way, Paul would be run out of the party via mobs with pitchforks.

I agree 100% They dont want Libertarians in the party, because they oppose big government pushing both Obamacare, and Sarah Palins moral values on us.

Palin has shown a bit of a libertarian streak in the past, particularly when it comes to drugs. That said, libertarians should be left in peace with regards to their stances. Else Barry Goldwater, a man who wanted to fully privatize Medicare and the TVA, would be a RINO.

On the OP: Already gave my $0.02.

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