Sorry, Rick. All those tactics for nuthin’.
I thought Mitt had already cut a deal with Ron Paul get Rand for a VP.
That’d be interesting if you could count on Romney to mean what he says, but, you can’t.
Why would Romney choose Santorum, he already decided on one of the Pauls.
What a coincidence....Romney’s already ruled out my vote for him.
Fiscal conservative 'chops' .... to go along with those 'grits' he's liking more and more these days.
Yep, make me dislike you even more Romney!~ Great strategery.
Romney could not possible have another white male in the #2 spot. Has to be a woman and/or one of the big minorities. No choice really.
Santorum on ‘the Imaginary World of Mitt Romney’s Ideology’
By Jonathan Karl | ABC News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Rick Santorum lashed out at Mitt Romney as “sad,” “desperate” and living in an “imaginary world” for suggesting he is too liberal to be Romney’s running mate should the former Massachusetts governor become the Republican presidential nominee.
“I’m too liberal?” Santorum said in an interview with ABC News. “This is the imaginary world of Mitt Romney’s ideology. It’s just sad.”
Calling Romney “one of the most liberal records ever to run in the post-Reagan era for president,” Santorum said: “If I am too liberal to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, oh my goodness. That just tells you how desperate he is.”
Santorum was referring to an interview Romney did Monday with Neil Cavuto on Fox News. Cavuto asked Romney whether he would have to pick a running mate more conservative than he is to satisfy Republicans who think he is too moderate.
“That would preclude, of course, Rick Santorum,” Romney told Cavuto. “Rick Santorum is not a person who is an economic conservative to my right.”
Romney added: “I give him credit for being a conservative, but not a fiscal conservative. His record suggests that he does not have the fiscal conservative chops that I have.”
Romney also told Cavuto that a drawn-out nomination battle that went all the way to the Republican convention in August would doom the party’s chances of beating Barack Obama.
“If we go all the way to the convention, we would signal our doom in terms of replacing President Obama,” Romney said.
It would take a miracle for Santorum to win the nomination, Romney said.
“If he is able to pull off a miracle, so be it, he’ll be the nominee,” Romney said. “You’re going to see me getting the delegates I need to become the nominee and we sure as heck aren’t going to go to the convention all the way to the end of August to select a nominee.”
Asked about that, Santorum told ABC News: “You know, maybe he should start making the case for why he should be elected as opposed to playing all these math and convention games.”
nobody would have bought that anyway
This is actually great news and so dumb on Romney’s part. Romney has just kicked the Tea Party, Santorum and by implication Gingrich followers all in the nuts by failing to consider Santorum for VP, rubbing salt by calling him not conservative. How is Romney electable after he has dissed the base?
Dear Ricky, guess what...you’ve officially been PWNED!
If Romney is going to be our nominee.. then I would much rather he took another RINO down with him to the loser hall of fame.
maybe Romney/Graham?
or...
Romney/Christie?
I would just hate to see Romney take down one of our rising conservative stars with his sinking ship.
And notice the same old bunch of Santorum-haters here continue to be completely preoccupied with bashing and smearing “little Ricky” while Romney now quietly appears to be within striking distance of pulling off an upset win in Mississippi and/or Alabama tonight. I’m beginning to suspect some of these folks would be more upset with Santorum as president than with Romney or even four more years of Obama in the Oval Office. It’s disgusting!
Romney didn’t answer the question—and thus rule anyone out—he simply challenged the premise to the question.
The GOP will die a well deserved death if MYTH SLICK WILLARD ROMNEY is their standard bearer.
RNC country clubber bluebloods and their creepy pulled back wives beware.