Sen. Marco Rubio Leads Poll As Vice Presidential Choice

by Meenal Vamburkar | 3:59 pm, February 20th, 2012

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As the Mitt Romney vs. Rick Santorum storyline continues to dominate the Republican primary season, voters are also thinking about who they’d like to see as the running mate. In a new survey of registered Republican and independent voters, Senator Marco Rubio is the top choice for the vice presidential candidate.

In the open-ended poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey (no names were prompted in the survey), the Florida senator received 66 mentions. Santorum, who is surging in national polls for the top spot on the ticket, came in second with 56 mentions; and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was third with 47 mentions.

Sarah Palin was fourth, followed by Newt Gingrich. Other respondents mentioned names including Colin Powell, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Peter Woolley, director of the poll, added, “Ronald Reagan was summoned from the grave by one respondent … Clearly, that person has watched too many of Republican debates.”

While prospects for any new presidential candidates are bleak, voters can still hope for a new face in the second spot on the Republican ticket.

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http://twitter.com/RoyceSeabaugh Royce Seabaugh

Where are these polls and why dont we ever get to vote in them?
ClarkFL

As much as I like Rubio, he isn’t going to accept the VP nomination. He, like Chris Christie, doesn’t want to leave his current job. The poll means nothing since he has already stated this before.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

Local east coast poll mentions 3 east coast politicians the most. Not exactly scientific.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

A Ken doll and an empty suit for corporate lobbyists.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TWK2YYJTTIDLZIVV7NKZM23Z6Q Tyler

We need a more moderate guy to be VP. I don’t think we should pick someone with too much baggage. I think we need to look at someone like Thune.
Anonymous

Rubio will become a great president one day.
http://profiles.google.com/kenyanbornobamacorn KenyanBorn ObamAcorn

Rubio would be an EXCELLENT President, but too bad he is not eligible!

I’d much rather have him over Obama though, if we are talking about ineligible Presidents
Anonymous

Rubio voted for the bill of no rights, not going to happen
Anonymous

Yeah, like Reagan, Clinton, Bushes and Obama, they were only great in their own minds
Anonymous

Great. We know him well locally. Another Cuban, sucking off the system successfully.
http://profiles.google.com/lblucher13 Larry Blucher

Oh, the people who like Santorum will love The Rube. Marco is more anxious than even Santorum to sacrifice other people’s children for his wars. The two of them together….it will make Bush/Cheney seem like doves.