Something that you seem to be confusing is a past Presidential election and the follow up Senate re election, with a future presidential ticket.
It is time to start talking in real time about the future of Mitt Romney's and Jim DeMint's relationship and very real possibility of a combined ticket.
Any ticket with Romney on it is a big HELL NO. And that includes any combination of Palin/Romney, DeMint/Romney, etc.
Talk all you want. Last thing DeMint said on the subject was he did not know if he would be supporting Romney. Which in political speak means he ain’t gonna. But keep talking about it, by all means. DeMint is so far superior to Precious that its laughable.