Ron Paul to be Romey Running Mate?

Could Ron Paul possibly be planning to serve as the second banana on a Romney-Paul GOP ticket?  Should we get used to saying, "Vice President Ron Paul?"

Rick Santorum would have you think so, after the most recent GOP presidential debate.  Because it appeared that Paul was coordinating his attacks on Santorum during the Arizona debate, Rick is hinting that the two have struck a deal to "gang up" on him.

The UK's Daily Mail quotes Santorum as saying to reporters, "It was interesting to me that if you watch Ron Paul when he came into the debate, he wrote negative things about Rick Santorum down because when he started to get questions he would immediately pick up his paper and start mentioning Santorum stuff."

Hmm.  Romney - Paul.  (Mitt & Ron, maybe.)

Doesn't really roll off the tongue, but from an electroal point of view, it might make sense.

Clearly, Romney is the "safe" choice for republicans.  He's conservative enough to capture mainstream GOP voters, and safe enough for country club republicans.  Santorum may be sewing up the far right, but the far right isn't big enough to capture the nomination or win the general election.

By adding Paul to his side, Romney would bring a whole new demographic to his campaign, the younger, more independent-thinking, socially moderate voter that supports Paul so strongly.  For now, it looks like Paul supporters will cast their votes for him no matter what his ultimate chance for capturing the nomination.

But, if Paul's base see's an alliance with Romney as the best chance of getting their man to within a heartbeat of the presidency, they might fall in line behind Mitt.

I think all of this is much ado about nothing, that Santorum is just whining because two of his opponents are attacking him as "the frontrunner" (today).

Yet, a Romney-Paul pairing might just be what the GOP needs in order to come together and oust Obama from the White House.

American Truism # 6.