If Romney is the candidate we’re gonna want a much better (and younger so they can run in 2020 ) running mate than Gingrich.
I wouldn’t want Santorum to be Romney’s running mate either. Both men have negatives which is the last thing you want in a running mate. There are lots of great VP candidates (I wish 1 of them had run for President instead) it would foolish to choose any vanquished primary challenger (including Perry). The mere fact that they lost to Romney would prove their lack of appeal.
As for voting for Romney in the general, I’m aware Romney might be a RINO disaster like Bush but I want that piece of crap Obama gone, hearing his concession speech is one of my top fantasies and the only one that is likely to occur ( ;) ). Scalia is not a young man. A bad Republican might screw up a court nomination, Obama WOULD appoint a 45 year old Leninist and a Republican Senate would probably buckle under and confirm them.
I don’t think Romney is a liberal so much as I think he has no principles whatsoever.
In any case we can still stop him from getting the nomination but time is running out, there’s one conservative who can stop him and his name isn’t Newt.
Santorum/Walker or Santorum/Martinez.