Posted on 01/13/2015 2:28:49 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
"....While he ended 2012 a scorned member of the Republican family, he has spent the past year a virtual kingmaker. His endorsement carried weight in the 2014-midterm primaries and he was a sought-after surrogate on the campaign stump. This “failed” nominee was so important to the GOP that his “ideas” summit,held last summer in Utah, drew the whole field of party luminaries and presidential contenders, from former running mate Rep. Paul Ryan to Sen. Rand Paul, Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Rob Portman, and former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
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With all of that said, however, I’m not sure if Romney is actually running for president, or if he’s playing a different game. In a story for BuzzFeed, McKay Coppins talks to Romney advisers who give this take on the former nominee’s thinking:
“Look, Jeb’s a good guy. I think the governor likes Jeb,” the adviser said. “But Jeb is Common Core,Jeb is immigration,Jeb has been talking about raising taxes recently. Can you imagine Jeb trying to get through a Republican primary? Can you imagine what Ted Cruz is going to do to Jeb Bush? I mean,that’s going to be ugly.”
Romney thinks Bush can win a general election, but he’s much more skeptical about the primary and worries that Bush could lose, elevating a candidate who might fail in a fight against Hillary Clinton or Sen. Elizabeth Warren. But instead of criticizing Bush and bringing these questions into the open, he is making a more subtle move. By announcing interest in the Republican nomination, Romney is freezing his donors in place and blocking a rush to the Bush camp. In essence, he’s asking the moneymen of the GOP to wait and see before they join the Bush bandwagon.
And if Team Bush isn’t as strong as it looks? Then,maybe,Romney will give the game one more try.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Hardly the whole field. And Ryan and Portman have since said that they are not running.
Nice to see the RATs are already telling the GOP who their best 2016 candidate will be...duhhhhhhh!
No kidding.
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No. Just no.
Romney got his butt kicked in 2012, when he should have been kicking butt. I voted for him, because I knew 4 more years of Obama meant for the country. But Romney’s never been a good conservative, or a good candidate. We don’t need him in 2016, and we shouldn’t settle for him in 2016.
Find and Replace “Romney” with “Jeb” and you have my opinion on that matter (which I’m sure you’re all dying to know, LOL).
Uh no thank you.
206 electoral votes in a year with economic conditions like 2012? Stay the eff away, Mitt. Your ass has NO business getting involved!
Losing Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, Nevada..?! How are you magically going to flip 64EVs from those states, Mitt?
How in the hell does he expect to win now, with the media cheerleading this fake recovery and lowering of gas prices?
Again: stay away, Mitt!
The LibRino party will do anything to see another commie in office won’t they
Go Back To Kolob, Mitt, ya slimy socialist bastard!
Yup salon for Mitt and NY Slimes for Jeb. Nice to have our enemies pick our candidates. They love them to death until after one wins the primaries, that’s when the knives come out
Two thrown elections from the GOP-e. Now they want a trifecta.
Go away, Romney. The GOPe and the Democrats love having a Republican candidate from Wall St. Four million Republican voters stayed home on Election Day in 2012. There would be many more in 2016.
Romney, a more liberal version of shrub. Gag me with a turd.
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Losing in WI is no big trick - it is a 49-49 state with 1 percent deciding the outcome.
Romney was not a strong candidate in 2012.
Why would he be any stronger this time?
The only way I would support Romney this time, was if he comes out completely for American jobs.
Bring back American jobs, and stop selling our country out on immigration.
If Romney (if anyone) were to support those things solidly, I will support them 100%.
100%.
But I don’t think that is what Romney is all about. So I don’t want him to waste anyone’s time this go-around.
How about it Romney? Either come out completely, unmistakably for America jobs right here, and keeping America for Americans.
Or get out of the way. Don’t waste our time once again.
McCain’s loss to the token Kenyan was bad enough, but Obama was an unknown at the time (to the larger public). The fact that Romney lost to a failed known communist indicates he could never win against anyone. Look at the unemployment, the economy under Obama - and Romney lost to that!
He's now figgered out how NOT to lose to a Marxist with really bad poll ratings?
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