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Santorum to Newsmax: I'd Consider Gingrich for VP (Looking for core conservative as running mate)
NewsMax ^ | Thursday, 08 Mar 2012 06:28 PM | Martin Gould and Ashley Martella

Posted on 03/09/2012 7:06:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Saying he'd look for a "strong and principled conservative" as a running mate should he win the Republican presidential nomination, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum tells Newsmax that he certainly would consider rival Newt Gingrich for that vital role.

When asked if he would consider the former House Speaker as number two on his ticket, Santorum said Gingrich had been "tested" by the bruising GOP race and that makes him an attractive vice presidential candidate.

Santorum tells Newsmax that his choice would be a core conservative who is “willing to stand up and fight for the things that I believe in.”

“My principal and only criterion for vice president is to make sure that I have someone that I have confidence that if something should happen to me that they could carry on and do what I promised the people of America I would try to do,” he said.

Gingrich would seem to fit the bill more than any of the other candidates. He and Santorum have been battling for the same voters on the right of the party as they try to defeat front-runner Mitt Romney.

Santorum said the GOP only has to look to history to see that conservative candidates do better in general elections that do moderates.

“If we have another moderate Republican we are going to end up with the same situation we had four years ago,” he said, referring to John McCain’s loss to Barack Obama. “We’ll have the same situation we had with Bob Dole and the same situation we had with Gerry Ford.

“You go back. If we nominate conservatives we win. If we nominate moderates we lose. We can’t afford to lose this one.”

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biggovernmentrick; bigheadedrick; emptyvest; getoutrick; gingrich; newtteaparty; rickgetout; ricksplittingthevote; santorum; teapartynewt; whatasnob
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1 posted on 03/09/2012 7:06:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Outstanding! What a great person. Considering an opponent is a humble and incredibly gracious decision. How people cannot see this guy is not 100 percent the right person for America is baffling. God Bless the entire Santorum family. Nobody is better. Newt is close but just quite to Santorum’s caliber.
2 posted on 03/09/2012 7:09:18 AM PST by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Please...

As a Newt voter in Florida... this team wins.

Santorum is more likable.

Newt can still follow Obama around and debate him every day.


3 posted on 03/09/2012 7:09:30 AM PST by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Allen West would be more to my liking, but Newt would be a great choice.


4 posted on 03/09/2012 7:09:44 AM PST by ScottinVA (GOP, meet Courage... Courage, meet GOP.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Although, I prefer Gingrich as POTUS, I could accept him as VP. One of the responsibilities of VP is to be the bulldog for the president, so it’s a role that would fit Newt like a glove.


5 posted on 03/09/2012 7:10:31 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I personally dislike Gingrich but think he’s an ideal choice for VP. He has the personality strength to get his policy ideas included in a Santorum administration.

Also they would make the perfect good cop/bad cop team. Santorum could explain policy with a smile while Newt applies the whip in congress.


6 posted on 03/09/2012 7:10:57 AM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SeekAndFind

This has potential.

Those two either need to strike a deal, whereby one convincingly throws their support 100% to the other in exchange for the VP (or some other desired) spot.

For example, Santorum endorses Newt, in exchange for the position of US Trade Representative... (hint hint)

Or both need to run till the very last day.

And trust to a brokered convention.

(unconventional, that)


7 posted on 03/09/2012 7:10:57 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network ("The door is open" PALIN 2012)
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To: SeekAndFind
I don't care which is POTUS and which is VP. Agree, flip a coin or draw straws. Just make it happen now and prevent the flip-flopping Massachusetts liberal and the establishment RINO GOP from losing another one.
8 posted on 03/09/2012 7:12:14 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: rwilson99

Well, they had better team up quickly somehow and I don’t really care how is on the top because we do not want Romney to get the nod!


9 posted on 03/09/2012 7:12:20 AM PST by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")
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To: napscoordinator

Now we’re talking. Combine Newt’s team with Santorum, we WIN.

Thank you, Rick, now make it happen, don’t just reflect on it.


10 posted on 03/09/2012 7:12:30 AM PST by txhurl (Thank you, Andrew Breitbart. In your untimely passing, you have exposed these people one last time.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Other way around skippy, you aren’t seasoned enough...


11 posted on 03/09/2012 7:14:42 AM PST by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: rwilson99

First, What we need is for the Santorum vs Gingrich bickering to STOP at FR.


12 posted on 03/09/2012 7:15:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind (question)
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To: SeekAndFind

I would be happy with Santorum/Gingrich but I would MUCH RATHER HAVE Gingrich/Santorum for 16 year run of conservatism

ROMNEY IS OBAMA-LITE

(and who was that weepy idiot on FoxNews who cried and asked Romney to promise to “take care of his son”)


13 posted on 03/09/2012 7:15:56 AM PST by Mr. K (Were the Soviet-Era propagandists as gleefully willing as our Lame-stream Media?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Santorum/Gingrich is a winner.


14 posted on 03/09/2012 7:16:05 AM PST by Antoninus (Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
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To: taildragger

RE: Other way around skippy, you aren’t seasoned enough...

16 years in the halls of Washington isn’t seasoned enough?


15 posted on 03/09/2012 7:16:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind (question)
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To: SeekAndFind
First, What we need is for the Santorum vs Gingrich bickering to STOP at FR.

Agreed. See tagline.

Continued bickering only makes Romney the winner.
16 posted on 03/09/2012 7:17:06 AM PST by Antoninus (Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
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To: taildragger

And I would PAY MONEY to see Gingrich debate Odumbass


17 posted on 03/09/2012 7:17:30 AM PST by Mr. K (Were the Soviet-Era propagandists as gleefully willing as our Lame-stream Media?)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is so incredibly transparent. Gingrich is going in to his best potential states and Santorum knows it. Earlier this week Ricky was urging him to drop out, now he “suggesting” him as a running mate. What an opportunist and that is what his entire political career has been about.


18 posted on 03/09/2012 7:20:54 AM PST by Toespi
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To: SeekAndFind

LOLOLOLOL!


19 posted on 03/09/2012 7:21:25 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SeekAndFind
16 years in the halls of Washington isn’t seasoned enough?

See how it works? They say not seasoned...you say 16 years in Congress...they say DC insider.

Santorum is our best chance to beat obama. I would take a Santorum/Gingrich ticket only to stop the conservative infighting so we can train our guns (metaphorically) on Romney abd then obama. We need to come together on this quickly and quit letting the media, the democrats and the romney slime machine keep us at each others throats!

20 posted on 03/09/2012 7:22:06 AM PST by pgkdan (Rick Santorum 2012. Conservative's last, best chance!)
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