Whatever, anyone with eyes can see that Newt’s goal was to block Santorum. The powers that be control the game and unfortunately those powers don’t give a rat’s ass about the USA.
Gingrich had no interest whatsoever in Santorum. I think Santorum was actually aiming to be Romney’s VP all along, and I think that’s what will happen.
They share exactly the same big-government, nanny-state “compassionate conservative” positions, combined with a lot of GOP insider background (don’t forget, Santorum was one of those who shot down Gingrich in revenge for the success of the Contract with America, which made the GOP look dangerous in the eyes of Dems).
There has been some talk that Romney might go for Rob Portman or some other Midwestern RINO from a big union state, but I think that he will probably pick Santorum because he wants to get the social conservatives, and “St Rick” has calculated this since Day One.
But, once again, I hope that something will happen between now and the primary that will prevent Romney from getting it, although I think the possibility is pretty slim unless a meteor from the planet Kolob strikes him.
“Whatever, anyone with eyes can see that Newt’s goal was to block Santorum. The powers that be control the game and unfortunately those powers don’t give a rat’s ass about the USA.”
Why, exactly, would we have preferred Santorum over Newt? Santorum was running ads calling other candidates (Cain) “pro-baby murder” and “pro-tax increase.” As far as I can tell, he was just as deceptive and opportunistic as Mitt Romney with just that one example. And I can give more.