The plan was this: draft McCain - draft! like McLettuce needed to be drafted! - and put others in the race to feel out Republicans, right and moderate.
This has happened. We got a socon, a fincon, a milcon and and allcon (Thompson). Well, we also got a nutcon (Paul).
The establishment crowned McLettuce years ago, and used this primary for data-gathering, but also told the other guys whoever finishes first behind McCain gets the Veep.
Romney did this today, and McCain’s statement ‘me & Mitt will talk later’ was a blatant hint that Mitt was the VP pick. Mitt can take a break, watch Huck get slaughtered, get to know the global establishment he doesn’t already know, and get named Veep as soon as Huck is put to bed.
Combined delegate counts for McCain and Mitt (their combined popular vote: 4.7 mil McCain, 4 mil Mitt) assure a GOP win. The conservatives that sat this out will find this ticket palatable.
Notice how everybody at CPAC underlined the imperative to kill Obama or Clinton.
And Huckabigot was in it to ensure that Romney didn’t finish first.
I don’t know about the rest of your theory though. Has McEgo agreed to be the Republican loser... THAT’s the agreement?