Chuck Norris: How Romney and Our Republic Can Win
My personal pick for VP- Rick Santorum. Romney ought to pick his closest competitor from the primaries to ensure a well-rounded Republican voting base. You win elections by motivating the base, not by ditching the base and going after independents and undecideds. People who think Romney is too moderate would be more likely to vote for a Romney/Santorum ticket. My opinion.
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For those who missed Part 1, a book that highlights Lincoln’s brilliant action is titled “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian. Lincoln’s idea and action was simply this: Once elected, Lincoln brought together his former GOP competitors (each representing a political faction in the country) and created a united force that ultimately healed the divisions in the land and propelled America forward.
Why couldn’t that happen again, especially in a country as divided as ours? And why couldn’t the GOP nominee propose such a plan to boost his election probability?
The past GOP presidential competitors were and are a unique blend of gifted and talented people. How often did you think and hear others say during the GOP debates, “There are strong elements I like in all of them”? You may not have wanted to see all of them at the desk of the Oval Office, but wouldn’t you want to see most help the next president in some capacity?
Who doesn’t appreciate the resolve and moral resiliency of former Sen. Rick Santorum and Rep. Michele Bachmann? Who wouldn’t want to see our country benefit from the business background and leadership of Herman Cain? Who doesn’t like the emboldened constitutional spirit and frugal fiscal passions of Rep. Ron Paul? Who wouldn’t value Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s advocacy for jobs and against frivolous lawsuits via tort reform? Who wouldn’t want to see the foreign affairs experience of former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman better America’s global relations? And who wouldn’t want to utilize the brilliance, bold ideas and experience of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich?
And what do you think would be the reaction of President Barack Obama and the entire Democratic Party, as well as their mainstream media minions, if the collective group above stood with Mitt Romney and said: “Vote for Mitt and you’ll get all of us in his next administration. All for one, and one for all.”
Publius Prime 
Who exactly are Obama’s rivals? Half his nominees quit during the nom process due to tax evasion. Everyone else enthusiastically plays their role to speed along the decline of America while Obama happily presides.
Romney/Rubio2012
“However, I also explained an unconventional strategy”
Unconventional? Obama essentially created a team of rivals in 2008. Townhall even has columns devoted to it in its archive.
As a tactic, I can see a few of Romney’s rivals helping but I can’t possibly see how Bachmann or Cain would help.