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kpete

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Fri Mar 22, 2013, 08:32 AM Mar 2013

Gingrich & Santorum tried to form anti-Romney unity ticket, but couldn’t decide who’d get to be prez

Gingrich and Santorum tried to form an anti-Romney unity ticket, but couldn’t decide who’d get to be prez.

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were close to forming a "unity ticket" to challenge Mitt Romney during the Republican presidential primaries, Bloomberg Businessweek's Joshua Green reported Friday. But ultimately the two men couldn't agree on who would be president if they won.

“In the end, it was just too hard to negotiate," Gingrich said in the report.

“I was disappointed when Speaker Gingrich ultimately decided against this idea, because it could have changed the outcome of the primary,” Santorum told Businessweek. “And more importantly, it could have changed the outcome of the general election.”

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-22/the-secret-gingrich-santorum-unity-ticket-that-nearly-toppled-romney
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gingrich-santorum-couldnt-agree-on-who-would-be?ref=fpb

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Gingrich & Santorum tried to form anti-Romney unity ticket, but couldn’t decide who’d get to be prez (Original Post) kpete Mar 2013 OP
LOL A match truly made in hell MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #1
Ha ha. Like kids in a playground. Graybeard Mar 2013 #2
The enemy of my enemy is my friend SummerSnow Mar 2013 #3
The question should be: Who would be the one to lose the election. MineralMan Mar 2013 #4
Delusions of grandeur -- SQUARED. JoePhilly Mar 2013 #5
Yip, that's certainly a conundrum: Weighing. Weighing... n/t UTUSN Mar 2013 #6
No egos there CanonRay Mar 2013 #7
Two wrong candidates edhopper Mar 2013 #8
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