2012-02-23

Romney and Paul tag team Santorum?

On February 9 I wrote Does a Romney/Paul ticket make sense? and on February 18 Romney/Paul ticket is now in trial balloon phase. The idea of a Romney/Paul ticket has gone even further mainstream, with Rick Santorum alleging a "tag team" and pundits openly discussing the possibility.

Santorum campaign suggests Mitt Romney may have done deal to make Ron Paul his running mate
"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."
However, the Romney campaign dismissed the idea of coordination in advertising or during the debates.
The Romney campaign ridiculed the notion there was any coordination. "If ever there was an iconoclast who got up there and said what he believed, it's Ron Paul," said Stuart Stevens, Romney's chief strategist.

"The President of the United States's political action committee is now running ads that are just like Rick Santorum's. Is Rick Santorum coordinating with the President of the United States? I don't think so.

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