Shortly after the Arizona debate Rick Santorum wondered aloud if Mitt Romney and Ron Paul made a deal.
"You have to ask Congressman Paul and Governor Romney what they've got going together," Santorum told reporters in the spin room in Mesa, Arizona. "Their commercials look a lot alike and so do their attacks."
Santorum's top strategist John Brabender went even further, charging that the two men had "joined forces" and were coordinating attacks against his man
"Clearly there's a tag team strategy between Ron Paul and Mitt Romney. For all I know, Mitt Romney might be considering Ron Paul as his running mate. Clearly there is now an alliance between those two and you saw that certainly in the debate."
I can't say the same thought never crossed my mind. In one sense it seems odd that Santorum gets the brunt of Paul's attacks, since he maintains an aura of being the more conservative when compared to Romney. But because he is the more socially conservative that makes him the less libertarian. That suggests he would be less likely to have Ron Paul's support, but whether or not Romney and Paul have a deal going is anybody's guess.
Personally, I doubt it. Santorum happens to be the front runner and that's what you get when you're the front runner.
But wouldn't it be great if all four Republican contenders would make a deal. The "dream team" I have in mind looks like this:
- President Mitt Romney — He's the proven executive and turnaround artist who has the experience necessary to get the country headed back in the right direction.
- Vice President Newt Gingrich — His legislative experience makes him my top choice to preside over the Senate. Ideally he would be a strong Vice President in the mold of Dick Cheney and in that position he could bring his imaginative solutions to the problems we face.
- Secretary of Defense Rick Santorum — I take him at the single word description he gave of himself in the debate: courage. He would be the courageous Secretary of Defense who would not allow our national security to be compromised.
- Secretary of Health and Human Services Ron Paul — He would bring a libertarian free market approach to solving our government contrived health care crisis. Our health care industry needs more exposure to market forces not less. We need more health care practitioners not fewer. We need more patient control not less. Dr. Ron Paul would be just the guy to make it happen.
I deliberately left out the Secretary of State. I like John Bolton for that slot. Beyond that I suppose I could let President Romney pick the rest of his cabinet.
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