Romney moves toward Senate bid

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




The former Massachusetts governor would run in Utah as an elder statesman willing to challenge Donald Trump, associates say.

By ALEX ISENSTADT 11/10/2017 05:03 AM EST

Mitt Romney is edging closer to a 2018 Senate run.

The former GOP presidential nominee is huddling with Utah’s class of GOP power brokers, contacting the state’s major political donors, and hitting the trail for candidates running in local races amid mounting speculation that the state’s longtime senator, Orrin Hatch, will retire. Romney is also raising money for House and Senate Republicans, winning him favor with GOP leaders ahead of a treacherous midterm election.

Last week, Romney attended a high-profile gala in Salt Lake City hosted by the Sutherland Institute, a prominent conservative think tank. The event drew a number of notable Utah political figures, including Sen. Mike Lee and Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser. Romney shared a table with former Gov. Mike Leavitt, a longtime supporter he’s been in touch with amid his deliberations. He also had a private conversation with the night’s featured speaker, conservative commentator Bill Kristol. Kristol declined to say what the two discussed. But, he said, “Assuming Sen. Hatch retires, I hope Mitt runs. He'd be a very good senator."

The Senate might seem like an unexpected landing place for the 70-year-old former Massachusetts governor and two-time presidential candidate. Yet those who’ve spoken with Romney in recent days are convinced he’s prepared to jump in. After falling short in his quest for the White House and then being passed over by President Donald Trump for secretary of state, friends say Romney still has unquenched political ambitions.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/10/mitt-romney-senate-utah-244760

[Lucky Luciano]

1. Romney would be about as liberal as you can expect and have a real shot in Utah. nt

[lagomorph777]

3. I could live with that...

But we should run somebody anyway.

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Of course. nt

[ehrnst]

2. Septugenarian white men are assumed to be spry and capable to hold high office even

when they have been diagnosed with cancer.

Whereas a woman in her 60's who powers through walking pneumonia to participate in 9/11 commemoration and faints from dehydration is considered too frail and unfit to lead, and needs to get over her "self-obsessed ambition" and step aside....

[dembotoz]

5. when romney is seen as a moral choice...i need the throw up

[left-of-center2012]

6. From the linked article ...

“Romney has long been critical of the president.
During the 2016 campaign, Romney emerged as a leader of the Republican ‘Never Trump’ movement,
blasting the GOP candidate as a ‘phony, a fraud’ and urging primary voters to nominate someone else.”

[onetexan]

7. don't forget he went running back to kiss trump's ring for Sec. of State position

only to find out Don the Con had played him like a fiddle for his jabs during the election.

[left-of-center2012]

8. don't forget ...

[trusty elf]

10. ....

[safeinOhio]

9. Steve Bannon...

Will not like this.
GOOD.

[Zorro]

11. Romney running for Hatch's Senate seat in 2018

and following up with another run to be the Republican presidential candidate in 2020.

I can see that scenario playing out.

[Dopers_Greed]

12. Since he's running in Utah

He won't have to use bronzer to appeal to Hispanic voters this time