Althouse: An arm-wrestling match between Scott Walker and Marco Rubio...

June 12, 2015

An arm-wrestling match between Scott Walker and Marco Rubio...

... will determine whether the GOP ticket will be Walker/Rubio or Rubio/Walker.

ADDED: The larger point here is that the GOP candidates are — wisely — not attacking each other.

20 comments:

clint said...: "Even official candidates are usually loath to discuss vice presidential prospects before securing the nomination."

They're trying to spin this into news, but really the "Would you be open to teaming with..." is just asking whether this other GOP frontrunner is beyond the pale of decency.

Is anyone asking Hillary about Sanders? Oh, right, I forgot. She isn't taking questions at this time.; 6/12/15, 9:10 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: For the untrained, it's usually a mistake to go for the fast pin.; 6/12/15, 9:14 AM
Bob Boyd said...: It won't be arm wrestling.
It'll be the guy with better hair.
Sorry Scott.; 6/12/15, 9:20 AM
Tank said...: Watch out for that Rubio character. Anyone who would pay off a student loan ... might do any crazy thing !; 6/12/15, 9:23 AM
Paul said...: Fiorina/Rubio; 6/12/15, 9:25 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Walker and Rubio will arm wrestle to see which one gets the sex change operation.; 6/12/15, 9:27 AM
Michael K said...: The usual Democrat with byline piece. If it had been the NY Times again, I would not have read it.

Walker and Rubio are top tier, I would say,; 6/12/15, 9:33 AM
J. Farmer said...: Walker: “I do like Marco Rubio, I think he and I have similar thoughts on national defense and foreign policy."

You bet he does. Oy!; 6/12/15, 9:47 AM
Anonymous said...: The larger point here is that the GOP candidates are — wisely — not attacking each other, yet. Plenty of time to do that.; 6/12/15, 9:49 AM
lemondog said...: Fiorina/Rubio

Too many vowels....; 6/12/15, 9:49 AM
garage mahal said...: : “I do like Marco Rubio, I think he and I have similar thoughts on national defense and foreign policy."

He kicked around school teachers, so he's prepared to take on ISIS. Real foreign policy cred there.; 6/12/15, 9:50 AM
lgv said...: The Republican "Dream Team".

Actually, I like it a lot. I like it so much, it won't happen.

Fiornina/Rubio. She can loan him some money so he can get a real luxury boat.

I would prefer the libertarianesque Rand Paul, but I don't think he can win the nomination.; 6/12/15, 10:07 AM
Michael K said...: This is a welcome change from the 2012 campaign where Gingrich was into nonstop attacks on Romney.

In fact, that was his entire campaign.; 6/12/15, 10:10 AM
trumpetdaddy said...: Walker/Rubio is a very strong ticket for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is that both of them are an entire generation younger than Granny Clinton and anybody she could conceivably put on the ticket with her that has any semblance of national stature. The Dem bench is small, old, and white.; 6/12/15, 10:13 AM
jr565 said...: That's not a bad ticket.; 6/12/15, 10:28 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: I do think though that they will need a woman on the ticket if Hillary! Gets the Dem nomination. A woman can say things, and can attack in such a manner, that a man cannot, esp w/o coming across as a bully. Unless they have their wives do the attacking.; 6/12/15, 10:53 AM
Thorley Winston said...: I could support a Walker/Rubio ticket because (a) Walker has executive experience and (b) as a current member of the Senate and former Speaker of the House in Florida, Rubio would be better able to serve as President of the Senate and help get Walker’s legislative agenda through Congress.; 6/12/15, 11:25 AM
SteveR said...: The difference between the candidates, with few exceptions, aren't nearly as important as how they stack up vs HRC. Not directly, as she's not engaging anybody, but in framing her as an opponent.; 6/12/15, 12:01 PM
Birches said...: I'm pretty sure Rubio is running for VP, but it could turn out like Obama.; 6/12/15, 12:31 PM
Mark said...: As Walker has not declared, it's early to take him down.

If you are talking about how they aren't going after each other halfway through the debates that might mean something.; 6/13/15, 4:27 AM