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Posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Jan 30 12:51:48 2015 FROM THE NYDAILYNEWS.COM:Mitt Romney is not running for president '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,' the two time presidential candidate said. BY Leslie Larson , Celeste Katz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Published: Friday, January 30, 2015, 7:42 AM / Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 12:35 PM Mitt Romney revealed on Friday that he is not running for President. "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," he told supporters in a conference call. Romney said he believed he had the support to launch a successful campaign and is "convinced that we could win the nomination, but I fully realize it would have been difficult test and a hard fight." Romney says he is looking to "one of our next generation of Republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as I am today, one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started, may well emerge as being better able to defeat the Democrat nominee," an apparent dig at the rumored frontrunner in the race, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. "You can’t imagine how hard it is for Ann and me to step aside, especially knowing of your support and the support of so many people across the country. But we believe it is for the best of the Party and the nation," Romney added. Bush, the undeclared Republican who is "exploring" a presidential bid, heralded Romney as a "patriot" after the announcement. "I look forward to working with him to ensure all Americans have a chance to rise up," Bush said in a Facebook posting. Romney's revelation in a 11 a.m. call from New York comes just three weeks after he told a coterie of donors on January 10 in New York, "I want to be President." But as he flirted with the prospect, many of his former advisers and campaign staffers pledged their allegiance to presumed contender, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Romney's decision to not to run at age 67 suggests he may have finally laid to rest his family's long-cherished dream of capturing the presidency. His late father, George Romney, was a former governor of Michigan who ran for for the White House in 1968, losing the Republican nomination to Richard Nixon by a wide margin. Romney's bow-out will ease the pressure on strategists who worked on his prior campaigns and the donors who supported them as they hovered between joining forces with him again or getting behind another contender. But it also ratchets up the pressure on Bush. "It’s impossible to interpret Romney’s statement as anything other than a slap in Jeb’s face and pure encouragement to younger candidates like Marco Rubio and Scott Walker," Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics told the Daily News. "That’s why the immediate take that Romney’s non-candidacy helps Jeb is only partly true. It opens the door much wider to other candidates," Sabato said. "Jeb may have more donors available to him without Mitt, but Bush also has the biggest target on his back now that Romney’s controversies aren’t there to shield him." Romney is in New York on Friday and will attend a lunch with Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, in support of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the New York Times reported. Mezvinsky sits on the center's board. Friday night, Romney will dine with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at an undisclosed location, the New York Times reported. This comes after Romney sat down with Bush for a rendezvous in Utah last week, when the two discussed "the future," according to Bush. On Saturday, Romney will be in D.C. where he will be inducted as a member into the exclusive Alfalfa Club. |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 13:20:46 2015, in response to LATE BREAKING NEWS FOR ALL YOU GOPers OUT THERE, posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Jan 30 12:51:48 2015. You reposted. |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Jan 30 13:37:26 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 13:20:46 2015. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 15:01:52 2015, in response to LATE BREAKING NEWS FOR ALL YOU GOPers OUT THERE, posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Jan 30 12:51:48 2015. This is bad news Stra'Streetie.I think he should run. Nobody could beat Obama and I feel bad for anyone running against "history" because it automatically makes you a racist. And that's a tough label to shake in a Presidential. Romney would have a much better shot, even if Hillary is the candidate. I don't know if I would vote for Jeb Bush if he is the candidate. |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 15:07:42 2015, in response to Re: LATE BREAKING NEWS FOR ALL YOU GOPers OUT THERE, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 15:01:52 2015. Nobody could beat ObamaFalse. GOP-e Obama clones can't beat Obama. |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Fri Jan 30 15:10:55 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 15:07:42 2015. -10 |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Jan 30 15:19:15 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 15:07:42 2015. Obama isn't running again. He can't. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Jan 30 18:25:31 2015, in response to Re: LATE BREAKING NEWS FOR ALL YOU GOPers OUT THERE, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 15:01:52 2015. Iawtlp |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 19:24:04 2015, in response to Re: LATE BREAKING NEWS FOR ALL YOU GOPers OUT THERE, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Jan 30 18:25:31 2015. You actually think that Romney ought to run again? |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Fri Jan 30 20:02:56 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 19:24:04 2015. Sure. Why not? |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 20:57:18 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Jan 30 19:24:04 2015. He lost to Obama because Obama received unprecedented mainstream support.It was more than a Presidential election each time Obama ran. It was history. Now that the race thing is out of the way, I don't see why he can't run. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Jan 30 21:06:50 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 20:57:18 2015. Iawtlp |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 21:09:33 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Jan 30 21:06:50 2015. Primaries could be funRubio vs. Bush in Spanish would be historic(there's that word). Would be funny to see GOP arguing in Spanish on Telemundo and how Hispanics would react to that? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 21:09:34 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by chicagomotorman on Fri Jan 30 21:06:50 2015. Primaries could be funRubio vs. Bush in Spanish would be historic(there's that word). Would be funny to see GOP arguing in Spanish on Telemundo and how Hispanics would react to that? |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Fri Jan 30 21:45:25 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Jan 30 15:19:15 2015. Obama might. He does have to wait four years before he could run again!! |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 21:50:29 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by Dan Lawrence on Fri Jan 30 21:45:25 2015. would be awesome if Hillary switched parties to run against Obama. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Jan 30 22:00:25 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 21:50:29 2015. Are you just playing along or what? |
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Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Jan 31 08:52:55 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by LuchAAA on Fri Jan 30 21:09:33 2015. I don't care for either one. But unfortunately, Rubio is the lesser of two evils. |
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Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016 |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 31 09:12:19 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Jan 31 08:52:55 2015. Some who have analyzed his statement say that he left "wiggle room" so that if a clear choice does not emerge from the pack, he might be persuaded to reopen his campaign. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Jan 31 11:18:19 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 31 09:12:19 2015. He would run as an independent tho, as the GOP told him he wasn't running as a Republican.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by bingbong on Sat Jan 31 12:38:00 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Fred G on Sat Jan 31 11:18:19 2015. Is he qualified for that? Got a crazy aunt? We all know he has the cellar, But it's apparently full of cars. Maybe he can have her run the elevator there too. :-) |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Jan 31 19:34:53 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Jan 31 08:52:55 2015. Hillary can beat Rubio or Jeb.Romney would do better. Might beat Hillary. Hopefully Romney changes his mind. Change. There's that word again. |
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Posted by bingbong on Sat Jan 31 19:39:31 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Jan 31 19:34:53 2015. Lol. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 31 20:21:32 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Sat Jan 31 08:52:55 2015. Some who have analyzed his statement say that he left "wiggle room" so that if a clear choice does not emerge from the pack, he might be persuaded to reopen his campaign. |
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Posted by chicagomotorman on Sat Jan 31 20:26:08 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 31 20:21:32 2015. Don't bet on it. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 31 20:33:02 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by chicagomotorman on Sat Jan 31 20:26:08 2015. I rarely bet except for when I'm at the poker table in Atlantic city |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jan 31 20:59:42 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Fred G on Sat Jan 31 11:18:19 2015. Bad idea, considering how Ross Perot siphoned off votes from George Bush Sr. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Jan 31 21:07:33 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jan 31 20:59:42 2015. Or the way Ralph Nader helped destroy this country. |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Sat Jan 31 21:12:14 2015, in response to Re: Romney Will Not Run In 2016, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Jan 31 19:34:53 2015. I wish Huntsman would be the Republican nominee but alas he gained no traction because he would :gasp: actually work with people who didn't agree with him on every issue |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jan 31 21:17:03 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Jan 31 21:07:33 2015. Man, I miss my Corvair! |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sat Jan 31 21:49:58 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Jan 31 21:17:03 2015. me too !i owned the van |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 31 22:50:24 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 31 20:33:02 2015. You mean bankrupt Atlantic City? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Jan 31 23:03:19 2015, in response to Re: Romney May Not Run In 2016, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Jan 31 22:50:24 2015. Politics aside, my friends and I are treated very generously there. Casinos like Empire City or Aqueduct offer slots but very little in the way of ammenities. |
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