Posted on 12/30/2014 1:09:12 PM PST by iowamark
Mitt Romney is eyeing a third run for the White House and will get in the race in the coming months if he doesn't like how the GOP field is looking, his longtime friend Kem Gardner said Monday.
"I know exactly what Mitt's going to do," Gardner, a real estate developer who helped bring Romney to Utah to lead the 2002 Winter Olympics, told the Deseret News. "I think over the next few months, a lot of things will happen."
But Spencer Zwick, who raised $1 billion for Romney's 2012 campaign, said the decision is a personal one for Romney and isn't going to be dependent on how any other Republican in the race is doing.
"I don't believe Mitt Romney is going to make a decision to run or not based on who's doing well or who's not," said Zwick, so close to Romney he's been called his sixth son...
Gardner, however, said Romney is watching to see how the other potential Republican candidates fare, especially Bush and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, before deciding whether to run again after losses in 2008 and 2012...
Romney's decision hinges on who is shaping up to be the party's potential nominee, Gardner said.
"If it's Ted Cruz that's the candidate, he's in. If it's Jeb Bush, he's probably not," Gardner said.
He said Romney doesn't want to cost fellow moderate Republicans Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie support at this point in the race...
Jowers estimated Romney has between three and six months before his big-money contributors start committing to other candidates...
"He's here without a rudder and getting restless," Gardner said. "There's only so many cookbooks you can write."
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Willard should have put in double the effort last time.
Is that really possible?
He should run as a Democrat
Romney is just as delusional as Carly Fiorina.
He just wants to make sure some icky conservative doesn’t get it.
I like him.
But not enough to vote for him again.
No pushback from the ‘”lesser of two evils” group”.
RINOmney is liberal lite, and voting for him is like...well, throwing my vote into the street.
May as well just withhold the darned thing.
Romney / Bush 2016!!!!!!!!
/s lol
seriously tho - we would be a lot better off right now with Mitt in the WH...
Scott Walker 2016 - sadly.. I wish he would stay here in Wisco - but he’s gonna go for it...
FUMR!!
Governor Romney seems like truly a decent man who has done many admirable works of charity over his lifetime.
But, NO!
Myth Romney the republican well known democrat collaborator and appeaser eyes another Presidential Run?..
Say it’s not so!...
“He said Romney doesn’t want to cost fellow moderate Republicans”
Wrong. He’s severely conservative and anyone who refuses to vote for him is an anti Aamerican religious bigot.
I say, go for it
the more primary rinos the better
good grief - The Return of The RINOs
What’s next?! McCain throwing his hat into the ring?
I suspect that that is a mistake. I emailed the author.
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