Santorum-Gingrich Ticket Floated By Gingrich Adviser

A senior adviser to Newt Gingrich told The Huffington Post Tuesday night the campaign likes the idea of Rick Santorum and Gingrich running on the same ticket for the presidency and vice presidency.

"Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum would make a powerful team against Barack Obama," the adviser said on the condition that his name not be used. "They have the capability to deny Gov. Romney the nomination."

The proposal comes after rumors of a Gingrich alliance with Texas Gov. Rick Perry surfaced earlier this week. It does not come off as a sign of confidence. Rather, it is an indication that the Gingrich campaign senses their candidate's position in the race slipping after the former House speaker's losses to Santorum in Mississippi and Alabama on Tuesday night.

More from HuffPost's 2012 campaign blog here.

Comments

[had410]

05:05 PM on 03/16/2012

Any repulicans thinking of voting for either of these two should read this!
http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/2012/03/15/trio-of-polls-show-that-ron-paul-is-most-viable-romney-alternative-versus-obama/#ixzz1pFsvUjLM

[mater]

12:29 PM on 03/16/2012

Nothing makes these guys Presidential. Tying them together with duct tape wouldn't make either ONE of them stronger.

[Janet Stockey Swanborn]

04:31 AM on 03/16/2012

Oh, please, yes, please, please, please, yes!

[JRivera 68]

01:02 AM on 03/16/2012

Give it your best shot, a losing move is just that!

[LicitraVincent]

11:59 PM on 03/15/2012

Will this president step down gracefully should he lose the election? I believe he will.

[itsboomervilla]

08:12 PM on 03/15/2012

A Santorum-Gingrich ticket floats, alright. Like a Seamus log in a punchbowl.

[RobertHenryEller]

07:01 PM on 03/15/2012

Yeah, I saw the Santorum-Gingrich ticket floating.

But then I did the decent thing.

I flushed.

[hgoodguy]

03:30 PM on 03/15/2012

Oh Do It! Puleeeze! Puleeeze!

[rsaillant1]

02:25 PM on 03/15/2012

"Santorum-Gingrich Ticket Floated."

...and we all recall what else floats...

[BlueArizona]

01:07 PM on 03/15/2012

Oh my lord... If Newt Gingrich were MY vice president I would sleep with the lights on and quadruple my secret service detail. Just sayin'...

[outlawjames8]

11:37 AM on 03/15/2012

I see a mass uprising of armed and dangerous women taking to the streets.

[eloisterling]

10:55 AM on 03/15/2012

LOL!! Desperation is beginning to set in. Honestly, the GOP can not win with any of these candidates. The math does not add up. I love every second of this though. The GOP has been exposed. Man!! Mitt has a gay sheriff in his fold, who is running for congress on his illegal immigration stance and threatened to deport his lover if he outed him. A gay republican is like a black clansman; you really have to hate yourself.

Mitt can't win in the South because "Christians" will never except LDS as a part of "Christianity". Where is the proof, Mit?? How can the book of Mormon be true without not one piece of evidence...

Let us not even talk about Gingrich the hypocrite....may God have mercy on us!

Santorum will say or do anything to garner enough votes to be nominated. He is like Sarah Palin in that regard. Nothing he says has to be correct or even remotely in the hemisphere of logical. Santorum just opens his mouth and all types of ridiculousness comes out.

Lastly and most important. Does anyone in the GOP want either of these candidates to debate President Obama? Does anyone in the GOP doubt that President Obama is headed for another 4 years in office? Can someone in the GOP PLEASE stop this asinine display of ridiculousness before these three stooges send the whole base into idiotic oblivion!!

[BMcCue7]

10:08 AM on 03/15/2012

I like this idea a lot.

The Far Right likes to believe that most people agree with them. They like to refer to themselves as "America," as though none of the rest of us mattered. Oftentimes they like to assume that most people secretly agree with them, even if they don't say so out loud.

A Santorum/Gingrich ticket would put those ideas to the test. I hope they do this and win the nomination.

If Romney gets the nomination, and loses the general election, the Right can simply say, "Well, he WOULD have won, but he isn't a real conservative." I don't want them to be able to make that excuse.

[Solar Bear]

09:52 AM on 03/15/2012

Can we do name mashups like they do with Hollywood celebs? Such fun.

Santorich... or Newtorum?

But my vote is still for Obiden.

[badboyzs]

08:34 AM on 03/15/2012

Keep on Dreamin' that American Dream Newt! Is it a wet dream?