picking gingrich would certainly send a message, but that message is something like "you might as well have voted for ted cruz, 'cause that's what you're getting".
we need a hipster meme for newt.
i shut down congress
....before it was uncool.
i'll admit this, though: a cruz/gingrich ticket is bad enough that i'd happily vote for hillary. you'd expect them to go on strike, or something.
it ought to be crazy talk. but, you're batshit to try and read any sense into the campaign.