You are both spot on!
I would vote for Santorum if he were on the ticket as Newt’s VP. He needs a lot more on the job experience, and Newt is the guy we need to lead us now.
With Newt we would immediately regain a lot of the respect we have lost internationally. We would finally have someone in the White House with a serious plan for Energy Independence, and the Middle East would know their days of dominance were over. Israel would, for the first time since O took office, know that they had a solid ally again.
Who woulld win a stare down? Ahmadinejad or Santorum?
I have also considered that Newt and Rick might have already determined Rick as Pres. and then Newt will be doing all the grunt work of moving congress.....if Santorum doesn't get Newt on board, and he wins this thing, then all bets are off...he'll fail to unite the congress...and he'll fail internationally and in many other areas because he has no expertize to do the job.
I soooo much want to see Newt as President and will be very much disappointed if he doesn't get it. But I don't underestimate Newt and how he plays his hand either and this game isn't over until Newt says it is. I want to see him go all the way to convention and he says he will do just that.
Meanwhile if I have to vote for Santorum I will, though begrudgingly I admit. He's from my state and we know well how he plays his hand and it will always and forever be to how it makes him look and to advance his political career......he's got a huge self-righteous attitude that doesn't quite and why people grew to dislike him very much...I still do and so don't many others here in Pa.
.....if he thinks he's right even if he's proved wrong he will not heed nor consider....stiff necked says it well. I just don't care for the man at all...his style nor his politics and how he mishandles so much.