Posted on 08/25/2015 7:10:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Colorful former Trump adviser Roger Stone thinks 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney is thinking about getting back in the presidential race. Stone tweeted his suspicion, and told CNN he had heard that Romney was considering a run from his sources.
The move could indicate Romney sees an opportunity to better confront and challenge front-runner Donald Trump. Some see current establishment standard bearer former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as flailing. Trump has mocked Bush for being "just flat" on the campaign trail and Sunday called him a "low energy" candidate.
Romney publicly considered a third run as recently as January, but decided against it, after he lost most of his valuable donor base to Bush, and the massive prospective Republican field proved too unpredictable.
Romney ran for president in 2012, and lost the nomination to Sen. John McCain in 2008. Romney supporters point to Ronald Reagan's three attempts at the White House — 1968, 1976, before his successful win in 1980, as evidence that Romney has a chance.
The man who floated this rumor, Trump's former adviser Stone, has a history almost as colorful as that of his former boss. Stone was an aide to President Richard Nixon, and remains one of Nixon's staunchest defenders. He is known for his penchant for expensive but elaborate dress clothes, which are often a departure from the more understated nature of most political menswear.
He has been described as a "self-admitted hit man for the GOP" by the Daily Beast, is a popular presence on Twitter, and allegedly, has a tattoo of his former boss — Nixon— on his back.
Honestly, all I can see is utter chaos coming our way. People are angry and disgusted (and rightfully so) about may issues. Others are angry about things they have no right to be (e.g. clean shoots by police officers against black criminals). And now we might have a total of 23 candidates running for the nominations. And we might end up with four candidates running for president (1 - Biden or Hillary, 2 - Sanders as an independent, 3 - Trump as an independent, 4 - Republican nominee). This election could be a terrible mess and many Republicans might stay home out of disgust. Probably many Democrats too!
AAAARRRRRGGHH!!
Romney, the perpetual loser.
Eloquent. I believe you have hit the nail right on the head.
Excellent! It will be fun to watch Willard and ¿Jeb? eject vapid reflux over each other, and voting against Willard is always sheer joy.
Another proven loser joins in. We’re saved.
Stone’s just screwin’ with peoples minds...
Although, Linda Graham welcomes the idea of someone else being at the bottom of the pile.
How do I spell “no”?
romney had his chance. he blew it. Major.
The GOP-e is calling up the reserve team.
Reagan did, and he wasn't. Nor was the media any nicer. Nor was there an alternative. There wasn't even significant conservative talk radio.
No way. Mitt doesn’t need or want another shellacking. If there was a time it was BT.
Well, when you need a designated loser, it only makes sense to look to someone with a proven track record.
Bwhahah-haha! Mittens? That’s about as bad as Uncle Joe for the Lefties.
Lamb to the slaughter.
And the GOP thinks Romney is an improvement on Jeb?
They must have an extremely low opinion of Jeb.
Hell yeah! Let’s get McCain to declare. If that doesn’t tickle their fancy perhaps we can wake up Bob Dole and wheel him out-He could Pick a younger V.P. type like Thad Cockran.
Marco done
GOP made a huge mistake allowing 17 candidates
Ruined the chances for Rubio and others in a few years. Rubio bet the farm on this run. He should drop out and run for reelection for Senator
I agree about Rubio. And the handwriting’s on the wall. He needs to disconnect from the establishment....maybe run for governor or something.
We need the “Not this shit again” guy.
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