I don't think Romney will run in 2016:

[Matt Collins]

I'm thinking that Mitt Romney isn't really going to run for President again, but he is alluding to a potential run in order to get some concessions from Jeb Bush in exchange for not running against him.

 

[TaftFan]

What kinds of concessions?

 

[fr33]

You think he wants a white house job in Jeb's administration?

 

[CPUd]

You think he wants a white house job in Jeb's administration?

Not him, maybe one of his sons.

 

[Brett85]

I think he'll run. The guy is just a complete narcissist.

 

[Original_Intent]

What kinds of concessions?

VP spot.

edit: I think he'll run, and then bow out and get behind Jeb. That's just the conspiracy nut in me though.

 

[fr33]

VP spot.

I thought about that after reading this topic. But in my mind Jeb and Mitt are basically the same person. They both represent the same stances overall. They both bring the same people to the polls.

 

[Suzu]

I suppose you've all seen this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...68592e-9a88-11e4-96cc-e858eba91ced_story.html

 

[robert68]

That's what many thought about Richard Nixon after his run in 1962 for governor of California.

 

[philipped]

Thinking about a Bush/Romney ticket is literally making me physically ill.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Maybe he just wants to raise enough money to pay himself back for 2012.

 

[TaftFan]

From Romney's perspective, he would be the frontrunner. A lot of conservatives came to like him because he ran against Obama.

 

[Warlord]

Collins logic always fails

 

[Cap]

From Romney's perspective, he would be the frontrunner. A lot of neo-conservatives came to like him because he ran against Obama.

FIFY

 

[Matt Collins]

Or there is a backroom deal that Romney will drop out and endorse Jeb.

 

[acptulsa]

Collins logic always fails

Collins logic never fails...

Or there is a backroom deal that Romney will drop out and endorse Jeb.

...because every future revision was implicit from the beginning, and it's never his fault you weren't smart enough to see it.

 

[robert68]

...
More on that later. But, in short those conversations -- and my own thinking -- have produced three basic reasons to explain why Romney is doing what he is doing. They are:

1. He doesn't believe Jeb Bush is a terribly strong candidate/frontrunner.

2. He doesn't think anyone in the current field can beat Hillary Clinton

3. He believes he has something more/new/different to offer the country at a critical moment in history.
...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...e-for-mitt-romney-to-run-for-president-again/

 

[Warlord]

Collins logic never fails...



...because every future revision was implicit from the beginning, and it's never his fault you weren't smart enough to see it.

Collins already hedging his bets. I called it. Collins logic always fails

 

[Influenza]

What kinds of concessions?

Popcorn, preztels, sodas, the usual!

 

[acptulsa]

Collins already hedging his bets. I called it. Collins logic always fails

Nonsense. It simply isn't Collins' fault that you were dumb enough to underestimate him and assume his bet wasn't hedged right from the start.

See, Collins is one of those guys who don't have to call his shots because the ball he sinks is always the ball he intended to sink, and it always goes in the pocket he intended it to go into. So, you know, play pool with the guy. But unless you just feel like kicking the big baby's ass, either make him agree to call every shot verbally or refuse to bet.