(..A senior adviser to Newt Gingrich told The Huffington Post Tuesday night the campaign likes the idea of Rick Santorum and Gingrich running on the same ticket for the presidency and vice presidency.
"Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum would make a powerful team against Barack Obama," the adviser said on the condition that his name not be used. "They have the capability to deny Gov. Romney the nomination.")
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/santorum-gingrich-ticket-floate...
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Well folks, politics ain't beanbag.
Newt stays in the race.
Because of the RNC rules on proportionality, Mitt is close to getting the majority of delegates for Tampa convention, but is short.
Leading up to Tampa, Rick and Newt get in a hotel room alone, and strike a grand bargain.
They will combine their delegates, and they will agree to form a joint ticket....with Newt as VP.
This bargain will be taken to the Tampa convention floor, and pandemonium ensues.
Mitt falls short of a majority on the first ballot, and many of his delegates move to Santorum on the second.
Rick and Newt emerge victorious at Tampa.
It will make a good HBO movie.
But let's take a reality check.
First, Newt's ego will not allow him to take VP slot.
And if he did, and the Santorum/Gingrich ticket wins in Nov., Newt as VP would make Cheney resemble a milquetoast VP.
When JFK/LBJ won in 1960, LBJ wrote a memo to POTUS-elect JFK outlining how the VP position would be the power center in the administration.
JFK never responded to the memo, and eventually marginalized LBJ.
Santorum would be faced with the same power conundrum with Newt.
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