Posted on 02/26/2008 1:56:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Mitt Romney is down, but he might not be out.
Romney suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday, and has endorsed John McCain for the GOP nod.
But Romney’s son Josh says it’s “possible” his father might rejoin the race as a candidate for vice president or for president if McCain’s campaign stalls.
Romney hasn’t commented publicly about a recent New York Times article that implied McCain had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist.
McCain and the lobbyist have firmly denied the allegation, but subsequent reports have contradicted some of McCain’s denials, and further disclosures could raise questions about the viability of McCain’s campaign, Andrew Malcolm reports in the Los Angeles Times.
Because he suspended his campaign rather than terminating it, Romney still controls nearly 300 delegates he won in early primaries and caucuses.
Josh Romney, who campaigned actively for his father, told the Deseret Morning News that he is considering running for the House of Representatives from Utah’s 2nd Congressional District.
Asked if Mitt Romney might rejoin the race, Josh said it is “unlikely, but possible.”
Malcolm notes: “Such a move could provide a possible rallying point for conservatives.”
RFK didn’t even declare his candidacy until March of 1968.
We could do worse (and are) but we could do a lot better too.
Kinda wish we could call a do-over. Weren’t those great when we were kids?
I saw him in person at Disneyland the day before he was killed, when I was eight years old. Those were very different times.
Right now I would take better than the worse we have currently....
Strange, yes. But also very sad.
LOL! I’m all for a do-over!
I wish Fred would re-consider
Ping!
I would like to see Romney go out and fight for the things he said he has changed in his priorities (families, abortion, etc.) for the next 4 (or 8) years and then run. I would think if he went out and proved where he was, he would be a shoe in al la RR.
This sounds all too much like a setup. I have no doubt that I would prefer Romney, but the level of IF’s.....
This strikes me as a rather poor piece of Urinalism, especially the headline. Are they going to interview Chelsey to find out what Hillay’s plans are?
Unfortunately, the "better" wants government mandated and controlled health care, which is worse than the "worse." The moral is, when you're sitting in a pile of excrement, you shouldn't long to be sitting in a pool of vomit instead. You should probably spend the time reevaluating how you got there in the first place.
I know you’re getting all excited.
Please tell me you haven’t lost your man-crush yet.
I certainly rather have Mitt Romney as our nominee than McCain! Just don’t see how it would happen though unless we have a brokered convention. Then I guess anything is possible.
The Republican establishment is determined to repeat the Dole campaign with the same result. Romney is a no go. Has McCain reached out to conservatives? Has he even said anything noteworthy about anything recently? He’ll spend the next several months falling over himself so as not to offend the “affirmative action” candidate turned self styled messiah.
You have to be a "Super Patriot", a Megalomaniac, Driven by Power, or just plain Nuts to want to be president.
Maybe the office should be abolished along with Congress.
The Founding Fathers worked too hard at our birth and would be dismayed at the weird self absorbed jackasses we now call our "Leaders".
I prefer the "servant" concept.
Um, Romney has endorsed McCain and has already asked his delegates to vote for McCain. He’d do himself no favors to now say “I was just kidding!” He’d look like a fool.
Tell me you didn’t vote for Ross Perot.
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