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Romney Tells Donors He Is Considering 2016 White House Bid
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 1/09/2015 | Patrick O’Connor And

Posted on 01/09/2015 4:07:09 PM PST by presidio9

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors Friday that he is considering another White House bid in 2016, people present said.

The possibility of a third Romney bid could upend the emerging GOP field, coming as top Republican donors are starting to rally behind former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Mr. Romney made the remarks during a session Friday afternoon -SNIP-

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2ndthread; braking; fumr; mittromney; originalsourcewsj; searchworks; threadpolice; uniparty
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To: Windflier
You have been here long enough that I shouldn't have to post "RTFT", but I guess I do anyway.

What "got us Romney" was the constant and repeated annihilation of every single conservative front runner.

He was the last man standing.

121 posted on 01/09/2015 5:49:47 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: Norm Lenhart
"He will stand alone because all the moral cowards will flock to the ‘winner’ because thats what they will again be told to do."

I get your point precisely, but 2nd IA - 2nd NH- 1st SC - 1st NC or even 2nd-2nd-1st-2nd would put Cruz within reach.

At that point, it's a money game - could he attract enough to saturate Super Tuesday? And that is a real problem - who is bankrolling primary conservatives these days? Adelson? Anschutz? Can't count on Bush's TX crew.

He'd have to have his own monster PAC and all of the Tea Party affiliated.

122 posted on 01/09/2015 5:50:39 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Own it.)
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To: Diogenesis

All of a sudden there is Jeb Bush, Romney, Santorum, and others raising money to run, just what happens to that money if they don’t run? Do they get to keep it for a different run for a different office? If so, that explains why everyone is jumping on the bank wagon so early.

If people donate to these losers, then they may not donate to a true Conservative, because their money has been given to the GOP already....Is that what these guys want?

How accountable do they have to be with this money?


123 posted on 01/09/2015 5:51:11 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: flaglady47

Never?
You keep trying to compare the two, keep trying to draw parallels.


124 posted on 01/09/2015 5:51:16 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: StAnDeliver

Not when they return to form and run to the rino. History is what it is.


125 posted on 01/09/2015 5:51:48 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Landru/Romney 2016: "Are you Of the Body, Brother?")
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To: presidio9

No, thank you.

He’s a proven loser.


126 posted on 01/09/2015 5:52:19 PM PST by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: flaglady47
I doubt they could care less.

Not. Sure. If. English.

127 posted on 01/09/2015 5:52:21 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Diogenesis

“Your little RINO dog (and dog-abuser)
already ran three times and lost.”

Not 3 times for President. Now, now, tell the truth.


128 posted on 01/09/2015 5:52:37 PM PST by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: flaglady47


Mitt RomneyCARE (D, Carpetbagger): "I'm not running as the Republican view or a continuation of Republican values.
That's not what brings me to the race.

(Backstabber Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)



"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""

--  President Ronald Reagan



129 posted on 01/09/2015 5:53:09 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: flaglady47
Doubt he could get elected today though or voted for by some Freepers.

At the risk of sounding like I agree with a Mitt Romney supporter, I will second that.

If Ronald Reagan threw his hat in the ring in 2016, Mitt Romney would probably still win the nomination.

That's how broken the system is.

130 posted on 01/09/2015 5:53:29 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: Omniscient Certitude

Oh...then all is okay.


131 posted on 01/09/2015 5:53:38 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: flaglady47
“one hell of a determined leader”

Bingo.

BULLSQUEEZE.

132 posted on 01/09/2015 5:54:08 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Please cite factual references for your delusions...if you have any.


133 posted on 01/09/2015 5:54:14 PM PST by Omniscient Certitude
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To: moose07; flaglady47

If you mean Reagan, that wasn’t the situation, Reagan ran against two sitting republican presidents, and he almost knocked off a sitting president as the counting went on after midnight “Ford prevailed with 1,187 delegates to Reagan’s 1,070”.

It was during Reagan’s third run that Romney left the GOP, eventually to become a democrat supporter, fund raiser, and even voter.


134 posted on 01/09/2015 5:54:33 PM PST by ansel12 (Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
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To: Omniscient Certitude

So far all the delusion .... are yours.

Rat Romney was a bad governor,
violated the Mass Constitution,
and imposed his statism on America.


135 posted on 01/09/2015 5:56:06 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Omniscient Certitude; Windflier

Sounds like someone doesn’t like being told of homosexual judge appointing, homosexual marriage instituting, gun banning, tax raising romneycare Romney’s record.


136 posted on 01/09/2015 5:56:36 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Windflier

Two open Romneybots lying like a hurricane and no lightning.

Know of a conservative site out there anywhere that is like FR used to be?


137 posted on 01/09/2015 5:56:48 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Landru/Romney 2016: "Are you Of the Body, Brother?")
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To: flaglady47
“one hell of a determined leader”

"Bingo."

Yep, he led that 2012 campaign right into the gutter. With determination.

What a world beater.

138 posted on 01/09/2015 5:57:13 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Omniscient Certitude
I'd guess you are an operative mormon...shilling for Mitt.

Tell me I'm wrong....

139 posted on 01/09/2015 5:57:26 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: ansel12

Entirely different parameters, then.
Thanks, Ansel.


140 posted on 01/09/2015 5:58:32 PM PST by moose07 (The Camels have reached the parking lot.)
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