[Eric in the Ozarks]

Nominal Republicans from the northeastern US.
What could possibly go wrong ?

[Wallace T.]

Two Yankee stereotypes: the wealthy, Ivy League educated New Englander Romney and the New York/New Jersey hoodlum Christie. Beacon Hill meets Jersey Shore, This ticket is a dud south of the Potomac and west of the Alleghenies. Even Dukakis and Kerry had the sense to choose a Southerner as Vice President.