Posted on 08/31/2015 3:46:54 PM PDT by Enlightened1
As Jeb Bush struggles to carry the establishment mantle, some wonder whether the time is right for Mitt
There is on the edge of the spectrum a thought awakening that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who ran for President in 2008 and 2012, might get back in the race. It comes naturally to think so. Before the race got seriously underway Mr. Romney met with Jeb Bush to consider their fates. Mr. Romney’s wife Ann went so far back then as to suggest on Cavuto that If Jeb ran, Mitt would stay out, as they both represented a similar center of establishment principles and would appeal to the same donor base. This past week, three of Mr. Bush’s key advisors have slipped away as Mr. Trump has made unprecedented advances in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the three states, as former Governor of Texas Rick Perry has said recently, where the race to 2016 is to be won. As Mr. Trump rises, and the Real Clear Politics current average has him ahead of the pack in New Hampshire at 28.3 percent, he rises at the expense of Mr. Bush, who is at nine percent in the same poll. So as the “establishment” candidate, Mr. Bush, is suddenly being viewed as circling the drain, the frantic call goes out to Mr. Romney to enter and save the day. Read more at: http://tr.im/MgH4D
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Why not? Worked so well in 2008 and 2012.
I think there is 2% that has his name all over it.
Fine. Split the GOPe vote more ways!
Like Trump said (about McRomney), “He choked! He choked like a dog!”
And that was it. Everything else was just soft-focus go-easy cr@p that accomplished nothing besides spreading campaign money around the consultant class.
The Donald is not afraid of being seen in public without magic underwear.
Mitt, not so much...
What a stupid question. He’s out of the picture and good riddance.
He’s more a eunuch than Heb!.
What a pasty fruit cake.. Wonder if he wears those “Mormon”
panties..
Good grief..
NO...NO..NO..NO...etc.
In fairness, Romney does already has all the infrastructure in place to run a 50 state campaign which fails to turn out the base!
Romney is a loser and we all know it.
lol - that’s what I thought. Go jump in the lake.
In 2012, I held my nose so hard while voting for Romney, it hurt for weeks. Word to the GOP Establishment, don’t put the conservative grass roots through this again.
Why would Romney jump in ?
All this speculation based on Romney over the months, none of it based on anything from Romney himself. I think he knows better. The Donald would rip him a new one, rightfully so.
Forget it. You already lost.
Does Romney really want to subject himself to the Trump treatment?
After Trump is done with him, Romney will be wearing an “L” for “Loser” like a scarlet letter.
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