# Pick the Republican Veep **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068 "2012-01-10T19:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/161 "2012-02-14T15:01:15Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I can’t even see them sharing an elevator at this point. They do seem to detest one another, don’t they? But politics makes strange bedfellows. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/162 "2012-02-14T17:54:37Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I can’t see Romney and Gingrich sharing a ticket. I can’t see Gingrich accepting a number two position. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/163 "2012-02-14T18:33:54Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > I can’t see Gingrich accepting a number two position. But Santorum as #2 seems natural. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/164 "2012-02-14T20:49:32Z")
:: rimshot :: ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/165 "2012-02-16T08:21:43Z")
Thank you, I’ll be here all week. Be sure to try the veal; and don’t forget to tip your waitress. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/166 "2012-02-16T14:50:50Z")
As much as I detest the guy, Santorum would probably be the best choice to run with Romney. They would, of course, lose miserably In November (by at least 12%), but them’s the breaks. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/167 "2012-02-16T16:17:25Z")
At least Santorum and Romney don’t seem to hate each other yet, the way Gingrich and Romney do. But that could change. The latest polling shows Santorum ahead of Romney in his birth state of Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/168 "2012-02-16T23:39:53Z")
Gingrich’s ego wouldn’t let him take the #2 slot at this point, I think, but he’d do a good job if he took it. He’s got a lot of baggage, of course, but he’s also an extremely effective attack dog, if Romney or Santorum decides that’s the role that they want their veep to fill on the campaign trail. You can’t have Ron Paul as the veep. He’d flat-out refuse to work with the Romney administration on anything that his principles disagreed with. Imagine if Paul were called on to break a Senate tie on whether to torture Guantanamo detainees or use military force against Iran-- he’d refuse, right in Romney’s face, and likewise refuse to resign if requested. It’d be a hoot, but not an effective government. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068/169 "2012-02-17T00:03:17Z")
Gingrich would take the gig and then start planning the assassination. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-republican-veep/609068.md?page=8)