Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tops the list of preferred vice presidential possibilities in a new poll of voters released this week.

The survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind asked registered GOP and independent voters to name their preferred vice president for the GOP ticket, offering no suggestions but asking the open-ended question: "No matter who is the Republican nominee for president, if you could pick the vice presidential nominee who would it be?"

Rubio took the top spot, with 8 percent of those surveyed giving his name. He was followed by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum with 7 percent and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with 6 percent.

Rubio, who has not endorsed in the primary, has been named by all of the GOP candidates for their likely-VP shortlist, but he has said he is not interested. Christie, who endorsed Mitt Romney, has also dismissed the possibility of appearing on a ticket.

Santorum remains a front-runner in the GOP race.

The poll was conducted from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12 and has a 3.5 percent margin of error.

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The biggest problem for people wanting him to be VP is HE DOESNT WANT THE JOB.

The poll is also flawed... If you are talking 8% vs 7% vs 6% with a 3.5% error rating -- that yields no conclusions at all.

 

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If I were him I would not attach my name to any of the current crop of douche bags.

Might actually have to vote GOP if this happens, anything to get this clown out of Congress.

 

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Hehe.

Really? He's the lone voice of reason out of 100. You must be one of those racist anti-latino people I keep hearing about.

@ "lone voice of reason" the guy is a Tea Bagger whose "voice" = regurgitating tea bagger talking points.

 

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You talk about regurgitating, and use the term "Tea Bagger." That is not exactly an original thought now, is it?

And you probably have never even been to Alabama. You think Roll Tide means wheeling around baskets full of laundry to the washing machine.