Romney says he might not have run in 2012 if Jeb Bush entered race

DailyCaller.com ^ | Jamie Weinstein

[TexasCajun]

Had someone like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush entered the 2012 Republican primary, Mitt Romney says he might not have entered the presidential race.

In an interview with Dan Balz for the Washington Post reporter’s soon-to-be released “Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America,” Romney said that he would have seriously considered staying out of the presidential race if someone of Bush’s caliber declared his candidacy.

“I knew how grueling the process was, and I felt that there may be others who could be more effective in actually winning and then getting America on course,” Romney told Balz.

[txrefugee]

Kiss ‘o death, Jeb.

[Lazamataz]

As if voting matters any more. LOL

[Texas Eagle]

On the other hand, he might have.

What a shame we missed out on such a bold decision maker as our President.

[TomGuy]

He might not have run if ...

He didn’t want to run ...

Mitt, nobody cares. You lost. You are a footnote in the annals of history.

If Jeb had run in 2016, the result would have been the same. Remember that Obama ran his 2nd term campaign against the Bush name and he was successful enough to win.

[Tennessee Nana]

Botox Brain is lying again...

heating up and rehearsing for his 2016 run...

[Iron Munro]

The $1 Billion dollar “What If?”

[Graewoulf]

Yawn - - - - .

[4rcane]

we’ve been betrayed by two Bush who claim they’re conservatives. At best, they’re socialist lite.

[Hotlanta Mike]

The RNC gave us a real loser, we never had a chance.

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And Jeb Bush would have lost as well...which is why he didn’t even try.

[traditional1]

Yeah; ANY RINO the GOP-E wants is the loser jackass we get stuck with.

There is a one-Party Prolitereat in place now, putting RINO's on one-side, and Progressives on the other. You CANNOT beat the State-Run-Media 24/7 promotions of their Choice (Hillary in 2016), for example; they run miniseries or "Documentaries", to indoctrinate the mush-heads and their parasite voterbase. Conservatives and REAL Americans are now out-numbered, and out-Frauded EVERY Election.

[Ohioan]

Having endorsed Gov. Romney, after he won the nomination, I consider this statement a real embarrassment. I will not apologize for believing that we could bring Romney a lot further to the right; but let me make it very clear. There is no way that I could ever support Jeb Bush for President. Let me offer a quite different view of what America is all about--quite different from Jeb's:

America Grounded On Experience & Reason.

Jeb has gone along--hell, embraced--policies that are inconsistent with the American experience. He is simply not acceptable.

William Flax

[9YearLurker]

Jeb Bush is the one guy I’m pretty sure would have been worse than Romney.

[Dogbert41]

Gingrich wasn’t a dud, but the way it worked with a crowded field, Romney got the majority. Just like Morsi in Egypt. While Obama didn’t even have a primary.

[Qwackertoo]

No more money to the RNC. No more Bushes. No more Romney’s.

[Nifster]

Too bad this ‘dedicated’ man didn’t just NOT run at all....

[Timber Rattler]

And yet, Team Romney and the GOP-E coordinated heavy backstabbing strikes against Sarah Palin when she could have wiped the floor with Obama.

(Spits in disgust at these perpetual losers!)

Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin

[Georgia Girl 2]

Jeb Bush. Oh yeh that would have really excited the base. :-)

[Timber Rattler]

Yep, right you are! Thanks for the repeated flashbacks! They’re needed for those with short memories around here about how we came to be where we are today.

[presently no screen name]

TWO PEAS in a anti-conservative pro-liberal ‘elitist’ pod.

They are patriots for themselves/their agenda which voids PATRIOTISM to AMERICA/Our Constitution.

Have nothing to do with them.

[TomGuy]

Bush or Christie? Which one can give Hillary a race that can seem close? I hate to be negative, but history doesn’t give me a lot of hope for a good candidate.

Hillary got blindsided on her last trip to her coronation. Look for that to happen again. If the Dems are smart, they will find another youthful, swave candidate who could possibly derail her second trip to her coronation. Why would they want to nominate a dried up old haggish looking aged white woman?

Almost any Dem nominee has an excellent chance to win against any GOPelite, be it Jeb Bush or Christie or Rubio or Ryan. The GOP still does not have a message that resonates with the general public. They keep moving leftward, thinking they can be more Dem like, and they keep losing. With Jeb Bush or Christie or Rubio or Ryan, they are still moving leftward. They just don't get it.