Hello All,
I'm not heavy into politics, but I did notice that Mitt Romney is going to make a speech tomorrow. What do you think he's going to do? Throw his hat into the ring?
Romney: Any guesses?
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Re: Romney: Any guesses?
I think the filing deadlines for many of the remaining primary elections have passed. I doubt he could get enough votes to be nominated. He may be posturing to be viewed as some kind of elder statesman in the party that could be nominated at a brokered convention. Good luck with that....
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Re: Romney: Any guesses?
I posted this in the Trump VP thread earlier today:
I heard, but could not verify with a quick google search, that the Deseret News carried an article about brokered conventions with either hints or outright speculation that perhaps the intent of the Republican party is to deliberately force a contested convention and then have their preferred candidate swoop in and take the nomination. And the rumored man for the job was...Mitt Romney.
Perhaps. It's interesting as a possibility. Prior to the primaries really heating up, a lot was made of the Koch brothers wanting to raise almost a billion dollars to put into the race to stop a repeat of the clown show that was the 2012 primary race, get behind a single candidate early who could be relatively unbruised from the primary, and be able to focus on taking on the Democrat nominee who was presumed to be Hilary at the time. But where is that money, and why did that strategy fail? The big dollar donors behind Bush must be wondering what went wrong. In a way, the Republican primary is a real reflection of the Republican Party right now, and being forced to a brokered convention may be just another example of the traditional Republican Party having to expend political capital in order to deal with their base voters much as we've watch so much energy wasted in the Legislature over the years recently for the Republicans to be able to do, well, anything that isn't throwing wasted protest votes out to repeal the ACA.
When might we see the Koch money tidal wave? And for whom will that check be written?
I heard, but could not verify with a quick google search, that the Deseret News carried an article about brokered conventions with either hints or outright speculation that perhaps the intent of the Republican party is to deliberately force a contested convention and then have their preferred candidate swoop in and take the nomination. And the rumored man for the job was...Mitt Romney.
Perhaps. It's interesting as a possibility. Prior to the primaries really heating up, a lot was made of the Koch brothers wanting to raise almost a billion dollars to put into the race to stop a repeat of the clown show that was the 2012 primary race, get behind a single candidate early who could be relatively unbruised from the primary, and be able to focus on taking on the Democrat nominee who was presumed to be Hilary at the time. But where is that money, and why did that strategy fail? The big dollar donors behind Bush must be wondering what went wrong. In a way, the Republican primary is a real reflection of the Republican Party right now, and being forced to a brokered convention may be just another example of the traditional Republican Party having to expend political capital in order to deal with their base voters much as we've watch so much energy wasted in the Legislature over the years recently for the Republicans to be able to do, well, anything that isn't throwing wasted protest votes out to repeal the ACA.
When might we see the Koch money tidal wave? And for whom will that check be written?
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Re: Romney: Any guesses?
I'm not sure, other than forming another Super-Pac, what they can do. Mitt as the Stalking Horse at a brokered Convention? If you want to split the party in two, go ahead. Mitt might feel it's worth the battle. (You got the Whitman Gals with ya, Mitt!)
Chris Christie has already been excoriated as a Vichy Republican.
I don't think Mitt will go full-out war on Trump yet. But I think he will make some statements about 'clear moral choices', 'inclusion' and 'the long term future of the party'. I do think he will try to make some sort of line in the sand, a la April Glaspie.
Chris Christie has already been excoriated as a Vichy Republican.
I don't think Mitt will go full-out war on Trump yet. But I think he will make some statements about 'clear moral choices', 'inclusion' and 'the long term future of the party'. I do think he will try to make some sort of line in the sand, a la April Glaspie.
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Re: Romney: Any guesses?
MeDotOrg wrote:I'm not sure, other than forming another Super-Pac, what they can do. Mitt as the Stalking Horse at a brokered Convention? If you want to split the party in two, go ahead. Mitt might feel it's worth the battle. (You got the Whitman Gals with ya, Mitt!)
Chris Christie has already been excoriated as a Vichy Republican.
I don't think Mitt will go full-out war on Trump yet. But I think he will make some statements about 'clear moral choices', 'inclusion' and 'the long term future of the party'. I do think he will try to make some sort of line in the sand, a la April Glaspie.
Mitt is looking better and better all the time compared to the rest of the Republican candidates. However I believe he doesn't want the job. His time has come and gone.
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The CCC wrote:Mitt is looking better and better all the time compared to the rest of the Republican candidates. However I believe he doesn't want the job. His time has come and gone.
He is smart enough to know that they will have to go with Trump if he wins or he will run as an independent meaning a easy win for Hillary. I think he may just try and convince the voters to reject Trump. Its pretty sad when die hard Republicans know Hillary is a far better choice for President then Trump.
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Re: Romney: Any guesses?
It's incredible to think the GOP establishment might try to foist Romney on the GOP base. Don't they remember how badly he was beaten in 2012? And that was when the GOP was actually "united" behind him.
Unfortunately for the GOP, Trump's their best shot at the presidency this year. Way to go, crazy right wing pundits. This is on you.
Unfortunately for the GOP, Trump's their best shot at the presidency this year. Way to go, crazy right wing pundits. This is on you.
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Re: Romney: Any guesses?
Some Schmo wrote:It's incredible to think the GOP establishment might try to foist Romney on the GOP base. Don't they remember how badly he was beaten in 2012? And that was when the GOP was actually "united" behind him.
Unfortunately for the GOP, Trump's their best shot at the presidency this year. Way to go, crazy right wing pundits. This is on you.
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Re: Romney: Any guesses?
Romney has been recruited to try and sabotage Trump.
Somebody, somewhere has seen the groundswell Trump is accumulating and is worried he is actually going to get the nomination. The warring aspect to this is that they see the biggest loser, Romney, as being the means to make Trump look bad. Crikey the Republican Party is in a mess.
Somebody, somewhere has seen the groundswell Trump is accumulating and is worried he is actually going to get the nomination. The warring aspect to this is that they see the biggest loser, Romney, as being the means to make Trump look bad. Crikey the Republican Party is in a mess.
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Crikey the Republican Party is in a mess.
It's a good thing Republicans have people like you to look out for their party.
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