That's the ticket: Ron Paul and Jesse Ventura

Jesse "The Body" Ventura wants back into the political game, and he's hoping to be Ron Paul's running mate if the libertarian wages an independent bid for president.

While promoting his new book during an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," Monday, the former Minnesota governor said that "if Ron Paul runs as an independent, I will give great consideration to being his running mate."


It's not clear that either Paul would run as an independent or that Ventura would be a guy he wants on the ticket, but that didn't stop the former governor from floating himself.

Ventura dedicated “63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read,” his latest book, to Paul and believes the Texas congressman is “the only federal elected official who will stand up for America on the congressional floor.”

The former independent governor made clear that his interest in Paul's candidacy stems from his view that the two-party system is broken. The former independent governor made clear that his interest in Paul's candidacy stems from his view that the two-party system is broken.



Asked if he'd campaign as a Democrat or Republican, Ventura responded: "Never."

Paul ran as a Republican in 2008, but he ran on the Libertarian Party ticket in 1988.

“I will not be a Democrat or a Republican," Ventura said. "They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country."