On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:21:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

... what Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum are running for?

Maybe for a shot as a VP pick?

None have a snowball's chance in hell at the POTUS nomination.

At a certain point they will drop out but they are still "in the game"
now. It is like the joke about the guy who cleans up after the
elephants "what and get out of show business"?

Jeb summed it up the other day when he said Trump has not received a
single vote from anyone yet in any election. I think that, after
"Super Tuesday", this will be a field of a few republicans and only 2
democrats.
I imagine Bush and Rubio are waiting for Florida. Carly may be
vectoring for a VP seat but I think Haley is better positioned and
still the right sex. Huck and Santorum are just getting props for
their TV career. The rest are ambitious but once the voters speak,
they will fade away. I am not sure any of them are angling for a VP
slot.