(CNN) - A day after endorsing Mitt Romney, Sen. Rand Paul said it would be an honor to run alongside the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
"A year, year and a half ago, I was a physician in a small town," Paul, the junior Republican senator from Kentucky, told CNN's Don Lemon. "And it would be a great honor to be considered as a vice president for the Republican Party. I think that would be something that anybody who said otherwise would not be being truthful."
Paul, who on Thursday came out in support of Romney, said on CNN he had not discussed with the candidate the prospect of joining the GOP ticket.
Paul, a tea party favorite and son of presidential candidate Ron Paul, said his father "has always been my first choice," but that the nominating process favored Romney.
"The nomination is now done and Romney has achieved the amount of delegates necessary to be the nominee," Paul said. "Those are just facts. And I've decided to endorse Romney after meeting with him and talking about a lot of areas that we actually do have common ground on."
His announcement came one day after his father acknowledged he would not become the Republican nominee, despite maintaining for months that he would stay in the fight for the White House.
Ron Paul ended his official campaign events weeks ago, but he's still technically a presidential candidate and will have delegates at the Republican National Convention in August.
CNN's Ashley Killough contributed to this report.
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WHAT!!!!!!!
This is even funnier than his endorsement of the bishop.
Just when you think fhe teapublikkkans can't go any lower they amaze you.
Another one who will do absolutely nothing dorm the ticket. He had his henchmen take down a woman and he is against civil rights even if it's the law!!!
The only reason Romney would consider it would be to get the libertarian leaning Republicans to follow him. I think that they know he stands on the same policies as George W. Bush, conservative light.
VP Not going to happen.
This arrogant, jerkwater puke will be a one term senator. He is a real creep. VP, not this time folks.
Smoke screen. His Dad and the teabaggers plan to cut Mitt McCain off at his knees in Tampa very soon.
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(cough) RINO! (cough)
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I love how all the closet liberals of the GOP are coming out of their liberal closet to support their most liberal candidate.
SO have Republicans given up on running actual politicians? Now they want a CEO and a physician???
God help us if this idiot is even considered . . . A true racist if I've ever seen one. And belive me, I've seen them. But for a public servant to have made the racist comments he has, this is the bottom of the barrell.
And so the Tea Party darling sells out.....
It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world...But for Vice President!
Wow, it's a democrats wet dream....
Mitt and his teatard twit.
If only you had someone in the party that could wear a pencil shirt and FM pumps to be your VP pick and "energize" the base......
Maybe an anchor baby like Rubio?
So much stupid and he can only pick one.
This will be his toughest decision since deciding where the dog could ride on the trip north.
Rove is going to be Romney's VP.
He'd be a better VeeP selection than Sarah Palin.
You know you're a Romney when you hang out with the likes of Donald Trump.
You know you're a Romney when you consider Rand Paul for your running mate.
You know you're a Romeny when you like firing people who perform services for you.
You know you're a Romeny when you attend fundraisers in rooms display Adolf Hitler's original paintings.
You know you're a Romney when you tell lies and mislead the public, and are proud of it.
Oh Rand-y, don't count your chickens.... There is a long and undistinguished list way ahead of you.
It would be like having Dumb and Dumber running. Why don't he just get Saran Palin can't be any worst.
I can't see that it makes any difference NOT to put Rand Paul on the ticket. Paul certainly represents all that is left of a once proud and very powerful political party no longer interested in what is best for America.
Wow. Too bad he does not have the ability or morals to match his ambition.
I would vote for Sarah Palin. She is the one who can make it happen.
Well, the Repugnants have a long history of bad, bad VP choices: Nixon, Ford, Dan "you're no JFK" Quayle, Daddy Bush, Darth Cheney, Sarah Palin. Why not the Doctor from Mars? Who wouldn't be comfortable in their bed at night knowing that Door Number 3 was a heartbeat away from the presidency?
Yes. It would be an honor, indeed.
Considering Rand Paul's Tea-Party-fueled delusions of adaquacy – it would be a tremendous honor for him to be considered for dog-catcher in Wasilla, AK – let alone VP of any party with better standing than 'Deluded Fruitcakes Anonymous'.
Regardless, it isnt going to happen. His aspirations are overpowered by his epic levels of incompetence – tempered only by his rampant idiocy.
Ahhh, Vice-President Aqua Budda, I presume?
I thought the Paul guys were the hard-core principled libertarians. Now we learn they'll support anyone in their party, especially if they can get something for themselves. So much for the hype.
Christine O'Donnell would be an excellent VP candidate! She's been looking for a government job.....
He needs to go back to his small town doctor business, of course, not accepting any governmental assistance for his medical work.
Maybe Romney is trying to pull all the Ron Paul people in by nominating Rand Paul? The problem here is that they are very differenc politically. They both fall under the GOP tent, but at opposite ends.
Ron Paul is a libertarian. Rand Paul is a Tea Partyer. If they were split into different parties – the Libertarians would never nominate Rand, and the TPs would never nominate Ron.
Apples and Oranges, and just another publicity stunt by the Romney campaign.
a pathetic sellout. disgrace to Ron Paul. or Ron Paul is just another fake.