Posted on 09/30/2015 11:06:08 AM PDT by jimbo123
Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney listed a half-dozen Republican candidates he said could qualify as mainstream conservatives his party could live with in a general election — and said he didn’t think Donald J. Trump was one of those.
Mr. Romney, a two-time candidate who was the party’s standard-bearer in 2012, ticked off New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and businesswoman Carly Fiorina as viable options.
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Mr. Romney did not mention retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who along with Mr. Trump and Ms. Fiorina has captured an anti-establishment sentiment within the GOP primary electorate.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
in most polls, the only candidates registering at all are:
Trump
Carson
Fiorina
Bush and
Cruz
Mitt says that only Bush and Fiorina of those are real?
Wow...I guess he’s very much in the “polls don’t matter” camp, then
“Mainstream Conservative”
Is that like “Mainstream Muslim”, y’know, one who is a Muslim in name only?
I couldn’t care less about a former designated loser like Rommey thinks.
Rommey is Uni-party and can kiss my ass.
Romney-care = Obamacare
MItt can go to hell.The people are going to decide this time not your donor boys at the chamber of crony capitalism
No Cruz though. Figures coming from the likes of Romney.
Mittens is delusional.
Of course if he really believes GOP voters will go for more of the same, he’s welcome to toss his hat in the ring.
This advice is coming from the guy who was soundly beaten by Obama.
He literally picked the demonstatably LEAST conservative people running. Is anyone even surprised?
“Has been” Mittens has way too much time on his hands.
0bamaCare = RomneyCare.
well said
But don’t moderates always win?
Yeah, that’s the Muslim out of ammo - makes him a “mainstream Muslim!”
Thanks for the handy warning list of GOPe candidates that conservatives should steer clear of -— that was so nice of you, Mr. Romney!!!
MIT Prof Who Advised Romney Says Romneycare, Obamacare ‘Same’
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/283403/mit-prof-who-advised-romney-says-romneycare-obamacare-same-katrina-trinko
The MIT Prof in question?
Johnathan “Stupid Americans” Gruber
Thank you Mitt. We have now crossed off everyone on your list.
Loser recommends losers.
Exactly correct. Mitt is on the GOPe team, so his list is hardly a surprise.
What’s a romney?
Go away Mitt - your time is past.
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