I have a friend who used to spend some of his August driving media stories that were more figments of his imagination than reality-based news. Totally plausible, mind you. But not quite true. But highly fascinating scenarios. Anyway, in that tradition, I float to you the Santorum-Christie ticket. I base it on Senator Santorum’s latest Philly Inquirer column. It’s a surefire way to finally watch New Jersey go GOP in a presidential election, to take back Pennsylvania (sure, we know how that last Senate race went but when it comes to state pride in a national election … ).

Well, it is a fun pre-8 A.M. exercise anyway. Some of you are awake and reading, I know.