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Mitt Romney ends recruiting efforts for an independent candidate
cnn.com ^ | Updated 3:01 PM ET, Wed May 18, 2016 | Eric Bradner and Jim Acosta, CNN

Posted on 05/18/2016 12:51:18 PM PDT by Trumpinator

Mitt Romney ends recruiting efforts for an independent candidate

By Eric Bradner and Jim Acosta, CNN

Updated 3:01 PM ET, Wed May 18, 2016

Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney won't launch a third-party presidential campaign of his own and has stopped trying to recruit somebody else to do it.

The 2012 Republican nominee had attempted to recruit a challenger to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. But prospects like Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said no, and Romney is now dropping his efforts, a source familiar with Romney's thinking told CNN. The news was first reported by Yahoo News.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: Nebraska; US: New York
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Trump lied to me. Trump said I would get tired of winning. I am not tired of winning at all.
1 posted on 05/18/2016 12:51:18 PM PDT by Trumpinator
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To: Trumpinator

LOL!


2 posted on 05/18/2016 12:52:52 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: Trumpinator

Did Milt hire a proctologist wielding a flashlight?


3 posted on 05/18/2016 12:52:58 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Trumpinator

Romney loses again...


4 posted on 05/18/2016 12:53:07 PM PDT by dware (I don't care what bathroom they use, as long as it's in the nuthouse, where they belong)
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To: Trumpinator

The hammer is coming down on this foolishness.


5 posted on 05/18/2016 12:53:27 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: Trumpinator

Did Mitt finally get a clue?


6 posted on 05/18/2016 12:53:39 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Trumpinator

Mitt will soon be asking the Donald for a position in his admin.


7 posted on 05/18/2016 12:54:31 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (President Trump: It's all over but the counting)
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To: Trumpinator

Myth Remulak!


8 posted on 05/18/2016 12:54:39 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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But prospects like Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said no,

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Wasn’t Sasse censured at the state convention?


9 posted on 05/18/2016 12:56:12 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Trumpinator

The Cheap Labor Express is not giving up.
They will do whatever it takes to elect Hillary.
They must block the citizens from electing anyone who would enforce the laws and borders.


10 posted on 05/18/2016 12:56:24 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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11 posted on 05/18/2016 12:56:33 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta (It's time for Trump to become Vlad the Impaler. I want Progressive/Globalist/Establishment heads)
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12 posted on 05/18/2016 12:56:46 PM PDT by Red Badger (WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
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Mitt is melting away.....

13 posted on 05/18/2016 12:56:52 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: rdl6989

HIS MAGIC UNDERWARE told him...


14 posted on 05/18/2016 12:57:11 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Trumpinator

Romney didn’t run this time, but he still managed lose. LOL!


15 posted on 05/18/2016 12:57:28 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: rdl6989
I'll give him credit for this: He didn't get rich by being stupid. He also couldn't find a sacrificial lamb.
16 posted on 05/18/2016 12:57:31 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Trumpinator

Best comment of the day!


17 posted on 05/18/2016 12:57:53 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: Trumpinator

Can he just STFU now?


18 posted on 05/18/2016 12:58:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dware

Romney is one of these guys just like Obama and the Clintons.....they declare that are so amazing, they are “Legends” in their own time,....the real truth is howevet.....the only “Legends” they are, exist only in their owns minds!!! All of them are simply failures and buffoons...that I would not let take out my garbage!!! Go Donald J. Trump!!!


19 posted on 05/18/2016 12:58:36 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Trumpinator
However, in return for being a Good Boy, Mitt was treated to an Extra Large

Plain vanilla, naturally.

20 posted on 05/18/2016 12:58:54 PM PDT by bigbob
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