DeMint-Rubio for President?

This is just weird. From CNN.

Washington (CNN) – Here's one indicator of Marco Rubio's star power: the Florida Republican Senate candidate has not even won his election, but he's already heading to a key state in the presidential nominating process.

Rubio will join Sen. Jim DeMint, one of his political patrons, for a three-city tour of South Carolina on March 15 to "promote common sense ideas and new conservative leadership," a GOP source in the state told CNN Monday.

DeMint aides will also launch a new Web site - DeMintRubio.com - to promote the tour starting Tuesday. DeMint broke with his GOP colleagues in the Senate last summer to endorse Rubio in his GOP primary battle against Gov. Charlie Crist. The conservative senator also introduced Rubio before the rising star's speech last Thursday to the Conservative Political Action Conference.

I have to ask the obvious question. DeMint-Rubio for President? Could it be possible that an entire presidential ticket is being planned before a part of the ticket has even been elected to national office? Seems far fetched and a little risky politically but with the expected Republican win in the fall and Rubio running away with it in the primary, it may not be that damaging.

I disagree with CNN thinking this is a sign of Rubio running for President but one more for DeMint. DeMint's name does come first and he may touting Rubio around as showing he has the leadership to recognize the new direction the Republican party needs and desperately wants.

In an age where the Vice-Presidency has taken on more power, why not plan a dual attack for the nomination? Campaigning in the primary with a running mate already determined might give him an edge over his opponents in multiple ways. Appealing to different demographics, running in multiple locations at the same time, showing your idealogical consistency and delegating authority for an efficient and organized campaign for the Presidency. You can even consider the possibility of a two pronged attack with both candidates running with the agreement to endorse the other one on the way to a win?

2012 is still far away. We haven't even had the Mid-Term elections so this is just wild speculation and I certainly wouldn't like to tie my money up for 2-3 years but this was just my first couple of thoughts when reading this.