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Why Mitt Romney should save the Republican Party and join the 2016 race
theweek.com ^ | Sep. 3, 2015 | Michael Brendan Dougherty

Posted on 09/05/2015 6:05:47 AM PDT by PROCON

"Mitt wants to run. He never stopped wanting to run," an anonymous senior adviser of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign recently told New York magazine. Other members of Romneyworld have denied the former governor is interested in another campaign. But at this stage in the 2016 race, Mitt Romney should start preparing to get back in the arena.

Romney should be ready to enter the field to save his party from an awful reckoning between its leadership and its base, a reckoning that has been brought on by Donald Trump's campaign. Trump has proven that the "strongest GOP primary field in 30 years" is no such thing, creating an opening for the winner of the last primary. If Romney should win the primary, it would be an incredible political comeback. It would also be a gift to his party, forcing on the GOP the reality of a new and stable settlement between its factions.

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To: jimjohn
And mark my words people, if Trump were to somehow pull off the GOP nomination, you will be shocked to see all these RINO’s either endorsing the DEM candidate ...

I agree. I think they have pledged not to run third party, but they'll most definitely do everything the can to support the dem, and it won't be shocking ...

I call it Pulling a DEDE ...


81 posted on 09/05/2015 10:43:23 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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82 posted on 09/05/2015 10:46:23 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: PROCON

I can’t believe that someone would come up with an idea like this on his own. This is coming from Mitt’s wife. She’s never up and never will.


83 posted on 09/05/2015 10:49:09 AM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: jsanders2001

Do you mean names like:

Hedda Lettuce
Bertha Venation
Tilly Screams
Augusta Wind
Barb Dwyer
Blanche Davidian
Natalie Attired
Rachel Discrimination


84 posted on 09/05/2015 10:49:21 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (Beau Biden's funeral, attended by Bp. Malooly, Card. McCarrick, and Papal Nuncio, Abp. Vigano.)
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To: PROCON
Romney should be ready to enter the field to save his party from an awful reckoning between its leadership and its base, a reckoning that has been brought on by Donald Trump's campaign.

Well, the author is spot on here. Problem is of course, the definition of "his party". Romney's party is the party of the inside-the-beltway elite, not the rest of the country. Personally I'd just assume that "his party" ESAD.

85 posted on 09/05/2015 10:51:04 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

lol... yeah....


86 posted on 09/05/2015 10:55:23 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: PROCON

Bring back Mitt and I won’t vote. I’m not the only one either.


87 posted on 09/05/2015 11:24:54 AM PDT by stellaluna
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To: PROCON

No no no....he is a Bush family member like Clinfon. I will never
Vote for Romney.


88 posted on 09/05/2015 12:03:12 PM PDT by Cottonpatch
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To: PROCON

A parody, it has to be!!!


89 posted on 09/05/2015 12:03:12 PM PDT by BillyQuinn
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To: PROCON
"Mitt wants to run. He never stopped wanting to run," an anonymous senior adviser of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign recently told New York magazine.

Mitt didn't really want to run the last time. Why would he want to repeat the experience?

I suggest two things are going on: 1) Romney is interested in the presidential race. That doesn't necessarily mean he wants to get involved. Heck, I'm interested and I'm not declaring my candidacy anytime soon. And 2) Anonymous Senior Adviser needs work and figures it would help him if he gets people talking about his last boss. Probably not -- considering how things turned out last time -- but who knows?

90 posted on 09/05/2015 12:27:05 PM PDT by x
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To: PROCON
"Why Mitt Romney should save the Republican Party and join the 2016 race "

Mitt lost to the worse president in the history of the country. Assuming he's a competent administrator, he might do better to get behind and support the candidate most likely to win and vie for an suitable job in the next conservative administration.
91 posted on 09/05/2015 7:33:28 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: PROCON

Cognitive dissonance vomitus.


92 posted on 09/05/2015 7:36:32 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: PROCON

Original posters on threads on FR are supposed to include the word SATIRE!

Romney has even less than a chance than Kasich or Graham!


93 posted on 09/06/2015 1:31:54 AM PDT by octex
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