Phuc Dat
Are they choosing how they want to lose going out?
“Rumors are starting to fly that Republican elites are considering adding Mitt Romney to the Republican primary in a last-minute attempt to destabilize the popularity of non-traditional candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson,”
Because so many of the “support the outsider candidate” voters are really looking to rally around Mittens....
Or is it that he’s supposed to gather up all of the Cruz, Fiorina, Paul, and all votes?
I don’t think Romney has much traction except in two very important places, New Hampshire and Nevada.
Perhaps the GOPe’s hope they can plant Romney in NH which neighbors the state he used to govern to break Trump’s momentum in a key early state. Romney can also do well in another early state Nevada, with its large Mormon population.
The GOPe’s best bet to stop Trump in early states Iowa and South Carolina is Ben Carson, who is heavily promoted on Fox News and their tool.
If the GOPe can use Romney and Carson to break Trump in early states, perhaps they can get Romney some momentum to win later states.
Not only no but HELL no.
There aren’t enough facepalms in the world to express my feelings over this latest GOP-e idea. Romney. Seriously?
well, why not go with a proven loser?
makes perfectly good sense! (if you want to split the profits/graft as Hillary’s Junior Partner)
good one, GOP-E
very smart thinking
Oh don’t mind me folks. I’ll just be over here laughing at all the freepers who told me that Romney was done and to STFU about it.
Ahem...
I told you so.
Romney is also frothing at the mouth to get into the race.
He may try to pull his old running mate Ryan’s trick and make it look like he’s somehow some sort of reluctant savior, only convinced against his own wishes to come forward for the good of his party and country.
Blech!!!
ROMNEY/MCCAIN '16
WHY HAVE A ONE TIME LOSER WHEN YOU CAN HAVE TWO.
No Juan McCain?
Somebody explain to me who THAT is supposed to work? All it does is further divide the cake for the GOPe candidates. Unless the GOPe could get Jeb, Christie, Kasich and so forth to drop out and actually endorse a single, agreeable cadidate. And even then they probably wouldn’t match Dr. Carson’s support levels, let alone Donald Trump’s.
No. What we’re seeing, I think, is a total loss-of-control by the GOP apparatus of the nominating process. This is probably their last play.
First, because although you are a decent and honest man, you have the political aggressiveness of a flatworm.
Second, because I don't think I could take any more of clicking on every FR election thread and finding it saturated with the endless copy-pasted screeds of our handful of Mormonism-obsessed ranters.
He threw the last one, didn’t he?
What more could the RINO GOPe want?
Saw this posted in red on Drudge. Hey GOP (e) ....do that , and we conservatives stay home Novembe 2016. We promise. You will make Hilary POTUS, and the blood of the destruction of this country will be on your hands.
GOP leadership, either you will adapt to the new demands of the public, or you will be gone forever. It is that simple. 20-30 million of your former supporters will happily follow Trump to a new 3rd Party if you nominate Mitt, or Jeb... and don't go looking around and suddenly come up with McCain. I know you thought about it!!
I would think that a low-down trick like that would. Make Trump’s “agreement” with the party to not run as an independent, null and void.
It is the GOPe, not the GOPn (new). Who cares if they draft Romney...Cruz and Trump will bury him like they did the GOPe’s last “draftee”...Jeb Bush. The WaPo is just trying to save some face for them. Move along....
He would poll lower than Graham.