Please do run, Mittens, and make sure to get Queen Ann, with her common touch, out there early and often to press the flesh... Byron York: Romney has seemed to discourage such talk in media appearances, and there has been a general belief that after losing as the partys nominee, the 67-year-old Romney would return to private life for good. That belief is wrong. Romney is talking with advisers, consulting with his family, keeping a close eye on the emerging 16 Republican field, and carefully weighing the pluses and minuses of another run. That doesnt mean he will decide to do it, but it does mean that Mitt 2016 is a real possibility. ...The key question for Romney, according to those who have talked to him, is whether former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush decides to run. Romney is said to believe that, other than himself, Bush is the only one of the current Republican field who could beat Hillary Clinton in a general election. If Bush jumps in the race, this line of thinking goes, Romney would not run. But if Bush stays out — well, Romneys wife, Ann, raised more hopes in Romneyland during a conversation this week with Fox News Neil Cavuto: CAVUTO: One scenario out there, Mrs. Romney, is that Jeb Bush doesnt run after all, and your husband will size up the landscape and that a lot of his supporters, past and present, said, you have the name recognition, you have the Reagan example of the third time was the charm for him, and that its been done before. ROMNEY: Mm-hmm. CAVUTO: And — and that would be appealing. ROMNEY: Well, we will see, wont we, Neil? Ann Romney went on to say that she thinks Bush will end up running, and if he did, he would draw on a very similar base that we would draw on. But Romneys supporters saw her remarks as just another indication Romney is seriously thinking about running. And even if Bush decides to run, some Romney supporters who would otherwise be inclined to go with Bush would still want the go-ahead from Romney first.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:29:15 +0000
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