The former governor’s message, according to sources familiar with the calls, is straightforward: I’m serious, my wife is on board, and I’m going to fix it. “Every time he runs, he learns,” said another close Romney supporter who’s spoken to the governor about the nascent 2016 bid. The campaign is still in its early stages. But interviews with a half dozen Romney campaign veterans offered a broad outline of Romney’s vision for the next go-round. Romney has talked particularly about lifting people into the middle class, echoing some of the themes that former running mate Paul Ryan touched on in his anti-poverty initiative last year. Meanwhile, supporters said, Clinton’s past as Obama’s secretary of state would give Romney the opportunity to run against the president’s foreign policy record. [This last point is huge. Romneys vindication against the previous administration affords Hillary all of the negatives of running on a bad record with none of the positives of being an incumbent. No other GOP hopeful will have that edge against Hillary] msnbc/msnbc/why-mitt-romney-thinks-2016-wont-be-2012
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