GOP Presidential Candidate Still Dreams of 'Mitt 2016, Says Romney (GOPe Brokered Convention Alert)

New York Magazine ^ | 1/4/16 | Margaret Hartmann

[jimbo123]

Since the emergence of Donald Trump as the GOP presidential front-runner, various sources close to Mitt Romney have floated the idea of the 2012 nominee reentering the current race to heroically save his party. Romney has repeatedly insisted that he's out for good this time, but now he claims that "Mitt 2016" fever is still very much alive - to the point that even a current candidate has begged him not to rule out running. "Look," Romney told the Washington Post in late December, "I had one person who was running for president, and I won't give you the name ... called me and said, 'I hope you don't close the door. We may need you.' That's a person running for president. A candidate. A Republican. I'm not giving it a second thought."

[jimbo123]

[duffee]

‘I hope you don’t close the door. We may need you.’ That’s a person running for president. A candidate. A Republican. I’m not giving it a second thought.”

That would be one of the candidates that are only running or ran to split the Conservative vote. Probably Graham who was really only in to hurt Cruz in South Carolina or Huckabee or Santorum.

[shankbear]

McCain was a joke, sellout candidate in 2008 and Romney doubled down in 2012. Only a convention packed with other sellout idiots would even consider this possibility.

[novemberslady]

NO

[Boogieman]

“even a current candidate...”

Little Lindsey Graham is my bet.

[SharpRightTurn]

“’Look,’ Romney told the Washington Post in late December, ‘I had one person who was running for president, and I won’t give you the name ... called me and said, ‘I hope you don’t close the door. We may need you.’ ‘That’s a person running for president. A candidate. A Republican.’”

Had to have been Grahamnesty. He loves the McCainiac/Romney candidates (particularly since Grahamnesty had to parachute our when he couldn’t break the 0.02% support level on his own).