[JediJones]

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.

[Taxachusan]

I guess this is sort of my hesitation. Numbers-wise it seemed like the more expedient way to go would have been a Gingrich/Santorum ticket (and make sure Newt has a bodyguard and a taster) so that they pool currently held delegates. I know there are many who were waiting for Gingrich/Palin (which I would have LOVED) but I think there is too much misinformation about her in the mainstream consciousness to counter in just a few months. Just last week I walked by a stock boy at the grocery store who was commenting to another employee that Palin was "a dimwit from Colorado". I wanted to knock him off of his stepladder and beat him with his own stupidity LOL.

Back to my original point, sorry for the side trip into Babble-On:

I want very much to be excited about this ticket, but ... . I guess time will tell.