He was asked, he answered. Santorum supporters are using Clintonian parsing to get him out of it claiming Romney’s name wasn’t used in the question when it was clear Romney was the top-of-the-ticket in the questions premise.
I think Santorum just might have knocked himself out of the possibility OF a VP spot with this.
He should have barged ahead like a bull. Saying something like “VP, are you distracted or what - we’re going to win, ask Mitt if he wants a VP spot”.
He could have said any number of things. Mitt’s got ways to contact him, and Santorum’s got ways to tell Mitt things. Santorum can privately get a message to Mitt, no doubt. He gained nothing by telegraphing publicly this way.
Just look at the reaction here.
I agree with the poster who guessed Romney probably would not want Santorum as VP. He’d do infinitely better if he had the courage, and the brains, to select Palin.
99.99% of all the FReepers around proclaiming they’d (fill in the blank) before voting for Romney, would fold and probably go door to door for him, if he ran with Palin.
Including me.
Rubio would be nearly as powerful.
Santorum really doesn’t bring anything to the ticket. His chance is to defiantly try to WIN. Not look for a middle ground with the guy he’s supposed to be trying to beat.
The GOP is already full of compromisers.
Nobody likes that anymore.
Kick some booty. Stop looking for middle ground.