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Another nice mess you’ve got us in now, Ollie! Santorum takes the Deep South! Mitt Romney might now have to make a deal with Gingrich in order to avoid a brokered convention, a leading Gingrich surrogate tells The Hill.

What kind of a deal? Newt Gingrich as vice president? As he said earlier, he is willing to serve his country in that capacity. But would Gingrich on the ticket increase Romney’s electability? Only in that 51st state, the dark side of the moon. He brings too much baggage. He got to this position he is in now by a strange, historic twist of fate. It was all really a book tour that got out of hand. But they were saying this not long ago about Ron Paul. Romney would have to deal with him. Ron Paul as VP or maybe his son, Rand, as surrogate. So maybe Gingrich can bite the bullet as well, put principle before ego and present as a deal to Romney his closest surrogate on the issues, Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

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