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By Tim Mak
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is leading the “veepstakes” for the Republican vice presidential nomination, followed by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie - but nearly half of GOP voters don’t know who they want on the ticket, a new polls shows.
Rubio is preferred as a vice-presidential candidate by 8 percent of Republicans and independents, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University survey released Monday.
Santorum, currently a presidential candidate, placed in second place, as 7 percent of respondents preferred him. Christie rounded out the top three, with 6 percent.
Other politicans were also mentioned as possible vice presidential candidates for the Republican Party, including Sarah Palin (4 percent), Mitch Daniels (1 percent) and even Hillary Clinton (1 percent).
All the other Republican presidential candidates of this cycle - Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman - were also mentioned by respondents in the poll.
Since the question was open-ended, respondents were forced to pick their preferred vice presidential candidate based off of their own knowledge of politics alone. As such, 44 percent of respondents did not offer up their own candidate, saying they didn’t know who they preferred.
The Fairleigh Dickinson University poll was conducted Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, with a sample of 799 registered Republican and independent voters. The margin or error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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Dr. Paul
Ron Paul is the only candidate who served in the military. He is the only one who is serious and offers details about spending cuts. He is the only one who will save Social Security by avoiding bankruptcy. He is the only one who wants to end birthright citizenship for illegals. He is the only one who will take away the government's new powers to invade your privacy, detain you indefinitely without a trial, and assassinate you. He is the only one who will stop the government from regulating the internet and gaining the newly proposed power to strip you of your citizenship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbTxbY6-Oo&feature=related
Rubio has a "birther" problem
The GOPT would have to abandon one of its key Obama fantasies if they choose Rubio to be the VP candidate. If Obama is not constitutionally eligible because his father was Kenyan than neither is Rubio. Neither of his parents were US citizens when he was born (they were Cuban). Christie has a "girther" problem and Santorum will have burned too many bridges during the primaries. This comes from Politico after all. The VP choice is likely to be someone "safe" like McDonnell or Daniels (or maybe Christie in a pinch).
Birther?
I don't think so. The "Birther Conspiracists" claim Obama isn't a naturalized U.S. citizen because he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii. Rubio was born in the U.S. - no disputing that - therefor he's fully eligible to be a VP. Apples and oranges.
Really?
"Rubio was born in the U.S."...Really? Have you seen his birth certificate?
How about Romney? Where was he born? We know his father was born in Mexico, and he has relatives today that live in Mexico! He even is member of that religion that begins with a "M". Lets see his birth certificate too.
Yes, Really
No, I haven't seen Rubio's birth certificate, but at least two investigations - one by the St. Petersburg Times - found his birth certificate that states he was born in Miami. Key word "found", not provided by Rubio.
The Birthers don't claim Rubio wasn't born in the U.S., instead they question the whole legality of what defines a "naturalized citizen" by saying, Rubio is ineligible under Article 2 of the Constitution, which says “no person except a natural born citizen … shall be eligible to the Office of President.” Birthers claim Obama’s birth certificate to be a fake – huge difference.
So what if he has relatives living in Mexico?? Does that disqualify one from holding office? Give me a break.
and obama
doesn't have relatives in Kenya? I like Rubio but I wish foreign living relatives was a disqualifer. Getting Obama out is more important than who the VP is.
rubio
Rubio provides little to a ticket,
most latino's don't support him..........
Correction - Liberal Latinos Don't Support Him
Hispanics who cherish family values, the Catholic Church, a work ethic, and the concept that you alone are responsible for your success or failure Support Rubio.