good!!!!!!!!!!!
ANYONE BUT ROMNEY
I would love to see Gingrich/Santorum, which is more practical than Santorum/Gingrich (for 16 years of conservatism)
At this point I no longer care very much which of the two men is at the top of the ticket, and I understate the rationale for 16 rather than eight years — though because of the rule that no candidate can be put into nomination unless they've won a plurality in at least five states, anyone supporting a Gingrich-Santorum ticket rather than a Santorum-Gingrich ticket has to come up with a viable plan to have Gingrich win at least three more states beyond South Carolina and Georgia.
There have been numerous news articles in the last week about negotiations between the Gingrich and Santorum campaigns — plus, unfortunately, stories about a secret meeting between the Gingrich and Romney campaign. I hope what happened was not Gingrich approaching Romney, but rather Romney approaching Gingrich, Gingrich meeting with him and saying “no deal,” and then Gingrich being stuck with having to admit to having held a meeting when word leaked.
Gingrich has a problem — his campaign not only has run out of money but also is in debt. Santorum’s supporters are still giving money though he's got nowhere near as much money as Romney, and unlike Romney, Santorum doesn't have enough money in his personal bank accounts to bail out Gingrich's campaign.
I am perfectly willing to support a ticket that includes Gingrich. The Gingrich and Santorum campaigns need to get together — right now — and find a way to solve this mess before Romney ends up being the nominee.
I think Rick Perry and Herman Cain may be able to play a significant role in this. Both backed Gingrich early on. In Perry's case, he's the governor of a key state where a rule change could radically affect the campaign.
It's a long shot, but one potential game changer is a unified decision by Santorum, Gingrich, Perry, Cain, and possibly Michele Bachman to say, “No Romney, no way,” and support a single candidate with pre-declared statements that other people on that group will be made vice president and be given certain cabinet posts.
A decision by five prominent Republican candidates for president to buck the party establishment and say “No” to Romney will get huge media attention and has a realistic shot of changing things in several of the upcoming states, not just Texas.