Posted on 07/04/2016 5:43:37 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Last year, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was serious about making one last bid for the White House. Only after realizing that Jeb Bush had already secured pledges from most of the top Republican donors did he decide to sit out the 2016 election. Of course, as it turned out, Bush – even with a reported $100 million war chest – could barely make a blip on the electoral radar. In the year of Donald Trump, the former Florida governor was just another victim.
Since then, Romney has become one of Trump’s biggest and most outspoken detractors. When the primary field had winnowed to three, Romney delivered a scathing speech attacking Trump, encouraging voters to support whichever alternative candidate had the best chance of winning in their state. Asked at the time if he might consider throwing his hat into the ring, though, he insisted that it was out of the question.
Romney hasn’t quite gone back on that assertion, but a new interview has many thinking that he’s leaving the door slightly cracked.
“My wife and kids wanted me to run again this time,” he said at the Aspen Ideas Festival last week. “I got an email from one of my sons yesterday saying, ‘You gotta get in, Dad – you gotta get it.'”
Would he? “The door is closed,” he maintained, “unless both candidates come to me and ask me to please save them. I think that’s unlikely. I can’t imagine the circumstances that would lead me to be in the race.”
Romney, of course, knows as well as anyone that he stands no chance of winning the presidency this year. As an independent, he probably wouldn’t even be able to get on enough state ballots to make a serious bid for the White House. And if the delegates revolt in Cleveland and nominate someone other than Trump, that someone will get trounced by Hillary Clinton.
In the meantime, he’s just another bitter Republican making it more difficult for the party to unite around the presumptive nominee. It was apparently not enough for him to personally cost the GOP an election; he wants to see to it that they lose in 2016 as well.
No doubt, Romney’s problems with Trump are heartfelt. No one’s suggesting that he put his concerns aside and endorse the New York billionaire.
But for God’s sake, put a lid on it. The voters have chosen. Deal with it.
I don’t believe it spoke. He was just relieving himself of some of that 1.5 liters of methane he builds up each day.
Flake, Hatch, Reid, and Lee.
Dont know how many more.
Lee is the only one demonstrating a fondness for the Constitution and Conservative principles.
Romney thinks he can “magic word” his way into a race where he does not stack up against the current votes cast.
True, but did not hesitate to refuse to back the nominee to the party at the convention. So whats his angle here?
And they call themselves Reagan republicans?
I thought his family already said no!
Is Mitt taking lessons from Hillary?
Mitt is with Mitt
remember when the effetes said we HAD to vote for the party nominee....
seems they were just BS artists unwilling to live by their own rules.
I hadn’t thought of the “benefits” of Sadaam Hussein. You are right about the few good presidents. This reflects poorly on the American people and there is little likelihood 2016 will be any different. Yes, Harding was one of the better ones but had personal issues that Democrats would have downplayed had he been Democrat. No Ohioan in the presidency since
It is hard to believe that Romney went to all the trouble to win the little nomination, only to squander it in October.
Mitt needs to have his exercise equipment attack him.
Mitt Romney is making my opinion of Mormons go down. Mormons are big on open borders. They like cheap agricultural labor. Mormons used to be super conservative. Not any more
I'd love to see your petty little b---h ass get humiliated!
Come on Mitt! Do it! Let the country show just how much they don't give a sh!t about anything you do or say, you little liberal Hillary licking b---h...
Vote Trump!
You’re absolutely right, with very few exceptions.
How can we have an Orrin Hatch who is on the side of neo-cons on one side and a Hairy Reed on the other who is a bottom feeding leftist?
We can’t. They’re both on the same team.
One can only wonder if this will hold true for the first 'black' president? Americans once scalded won't get near hot water again.
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