Just came across my twitter but can’t find on the FNR website yet.
“@foxnewsradio: FOX EXCLUSIVE: Carl Cameron reports Newt Gingrich in talks with Rick Perry for a possible pre-RNC Gingrich-Perry ticket announcement.”
I’m not surprised. Gingrich assures he takes Texas.
Santorum gave the issue of the economy to Obama today. Big hole for Newt!
Wow...game-changer, maybe? As my second choice candidate after Newt, I like that ticket. I guess the problem is, does this really expand Newt’s base in the primaries? Perry dropped out and endorsed Newt after South Carolina, which only started a downward spiral for Newt. Perry himself was not a hot candidate, although he was getting better. And they’re both Southerners, not necessarily going to be able to cut into Rick’s votes in the Midwest. And would this shift the GOP-E’s preference away from Romney? I doubt that. I still a Newt/Rick ticket as the best chance to deny Romney enough delegates to possibly take it from him at the convention. There is absolutely no realistic way for anyone but Romney to win before the convention now, and probably a less than 50% chance for Romney to do so, although he’s likely even in a 3-man race to get close enough to make it possible for Ron Paul to put him over-the-top at the convention if they team up.
Perry also seems like an unwise strategy for the general election, at least in terms of states. While in terms of competence and experience no one could say he wouldn’t be qualified to take the V.P. job, he certainly doesn’t help flip any states over to Newt that aren’t already red.
Other problem is this would seem to take away a big bargaining chip in a floor fight. It would make it almost a guarantee that Santorum would team up with Mitt, easily giving them enough delegates to overcome Newt. I guess that would depend on the delegates being willing to play ball though. The Ron Paul delegates might balk at having Santorum on the ticket, and the Santorum delegates might not be willing to accept Romney as Prez just to get the V.P. slot. But under any scenario, even Newt or Santorum dropping out now, Romney is going to be so close to the majority of delegates that he won’t need many to flip to him to go over the top.
Tax, saw it, also. Having gotten burned by relying on a “tweet”, I’ll wait for an article. -:) Thanks for the courtesy, though.
Gingrich-Perry 2012
Works for me.