Friday 29th of March 2024

he wants to be president in 2016...

 

remember him?...

Romney’s associates said that he has become restless since conceding to President Obama on a cold night in Boston two years ago. Romney’s motivation to run again stems from a lingering dissatisfaction with Obama’s policies, both economic and foreign, and a belief that he would have set the country on a better course.

Romney also harbors doubts that Bush and other Republican contenders can defeat likely Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, advisers said, and is wary in particular about Bush’s political skills.

“I believe Mitt Romney is too much of a patriot to sit on the sidelines and concede the presidency to Hillary Clinton or [Massachusetts Sen.] Elizabeth Warren when he knows that he can fix the country,” said Spencer Zwick, Romney’s 2012 national finance chairman, who accompanied Romney to Friday’s New York meeting.

read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-to-gop-donors-i-want-to-be-president/2015/01/09/ce5f821a-9848-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html

 

cash for president...

Two months ago, the 2016 presidential race was shaping up as a sort of “American Idol” for the next generation of Republican stars. Today, it looks a little like a reunion tour for a famous band from way back when.

Jeb Bush’s aggressive moves toward the race were one thing. A bit surprising, yes, but understandable for a man who had spent eight years as the governor of Florida and hails from a family that boasts not one but two former presidents.

But Friday’s news — spread by Mitt Romney himself in a conversation with donors in New York — that the two-time presidential candidate (and 2012 GOP nominee) is considering another bid was completely unexpected.

Although I remain skeptical that Romney is doing anything other than putting the brakes on the Bush juggernaut to buy himself a little space to make a decision on his own time frame, if he and Bush did run, it would be an entirely different race than the one we had 60 days ago or even the one we have today.

How? Primarily in the chase for cash, which has increasingly become thesine qua non of running for president. ...

 

read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-romney-and-bush-in-the-picture-gops-2016-field-gets-tricky-and-more-interesting/2015/01/11/d4369014-99a8-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html

he does not want to be president...

Mitt Romney has decided not to make a third run for president, he told supporters in a conference call this morning.

Talk show host and commentator Hugh Hewitt broke the news minutes before the former Massachusetts governor’s call from New York began.

“After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I’ve decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee,” Romney said in prepared remarks published by Hewitt.

read more: http://dailysignal.com/2015/01/30/romney-gives-way-leaders-takes-2016-race/