There’s been quite a bit of speculation about whether GOP presidential candidates Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have struck some sort of deal to coordinate attacks on the “not-Romney” candidates. Anything is possible, I suppose. Last night Rick Santorum brought it up after the debate.
“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.”
Someone from Romney’s campaign responded that Santorum’s ads against Romney are quite similar to President Obama’s ads, but nobody is accusing them of working together. The article also includes Ron Paul’s response – he said that Romney is willing to talk to him, but he doesn’t agree with him on many policy issues. I don’t know. I’ve read before that the two are fond of each other and their wives are friends. Perhaps that’s the reason they don’t attack each other. Other’s believe that perhaps Romney is thinking of asking Paul’s son, Senator Rand Paul, to be his running mate if he’s the nominee. Rand Paul was asked about it during a radio interview.
Paul’s name has swirled as a possible pick that would give Romney points with the Tea Party. When asked directly what he would say if Romney made the offer, Paul tried to punt.
“I don’t know if I can answer that question, but I can say it would be an honor to be considered,” he said.
I doubt this settles the matter. Who wouldn’t be honored to be under consideration for the vice presidency?
Speaking of the debate, did you watch it? Personally, I’m happy that the GOP debates are most likely over. Twenty is enough. There’s quite a bit of debate over who won. Here’s the video if you have a couple hours to spare and you want to decide for yourself. I didn’t think there was any clear winner.
Video via 2012 Election News
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