• Posted March 22, 2013 11:21 a.m.
  • The 2012 Republican presidential ticket that almost was
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    THIS would have been great fun:

    It’s one of the great untold stories of the 2012 presidential campaign, a tale of ego and intrigue that nearly upended the Republican primary contest and might even have produced a different nominee.

    As Mitt Romney struggled in the weeks leading up to the Michigan primary, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum almost agreed to form a joint “Unity Ticket” to consolidate conservatives support and topple Romney.

    “We were close,” former Representative Bob Walker, a Gingrich ally, said. “Everybody thought there was an opportunity.”

    “It would have sent shock waves through the establishment and the ...

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