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发帖数: 356 | 1 Mitt Romney announced Friday he will not run for president in 2016, after
briefly flirting with a third White House run -- a decision that only
slightly narrows the crowded field of potential Republican candidates.
"After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I
've decided it's best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to
become our next nominee," Romney told donors on a conference call Friday
morning.
The announcement comes after the 2012 GOP nominee, who repeatedly denied
interest in another campaign, surprised donors earlier this month by telling
them he was considering it.
Since then, the former Massachusetts governor spent three weeks calling
donors and strategists and giving a handful of addresses, including to a
Republican National Committee summit. But while some from his former
campaign team were willing to wait for his decision, others were already
gravitating toward the budding campaign of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
The two heavyweights were seen as competing for many of the same donors,
supporters and strategists. And some doubted whether Romney, who lost to
President Obama in 2012 after a campaign in which Democrats cast him as out-
of-touch, would be able to connect on a third run -- even as early polls
showed him leading the GOP field.
Romney, in a written statement which he also read from on his conference
call, said he believes that he could win the nomination, and that he would
have enough funding and support.
"The reaction of Republican voters across the country was both surprising
and heartening," he said in the statement. At the same time, Romney said it
would have been a "difficult test and a hard fight," and it's time for a new
voice.
"I believe that 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," Romney said. "In fact
, I expect and hope that to be the case."
He said he will not hire a campaign team, will not take donations and will
not organize a political action committee.
Romney recently spoke with Bush in a private meeting in Utah. It's unclear
whether that meeting set the stage for Friday's announcement.
Bush, in a written statement on Friday, praised Romney as a party leader and
a patriot. "There are few people who have worked harder to elect
Republicans across the country than he has," he said. "Though I'm sure today
's decision was not easy, I know that Mitt Romney will never stop advocating
for renewing America's promise through upward mobility, encouraging free
enterprise and strengthening our national defense."
A day earlier, it emerged that a key former Romney adviser was joining up
with Bush's team.
Bush recruited Romney's former senior Iowa adviser, David Kochel, as a
senior strategist for his newly launched Right to Rise PAC. If Bush formally
pursues a White House bid, Kochel could take on a bigger role.
Former Romney donors also told The Associated Press they were moving toward
Bush. The donors, in interviews with The Associated Press, said they see in
Bush what they liked about Romney in 2012, the capacity to serve
successfully as president, but also something Romney could not muster over
two campaigns: the personality and senior staff needed to win the White
House.
Bush was hardly the only impediment to a Romney run. A slew of other high-
profile Republicans are considering a campaign including New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics,
said Romney just wasn't the "giant" of the field that he was in 2012. "You'
ve got a herd of people running for the Republican nomination for president,
" he told Fox News.
For a brief spell, though, Romney was back in his role as chief target of
national Democrats, some of whom relished the potential chance to hammer him
in 2016.
Speaking to Democrats in Philadelphia on Thursday, President Obama said, "We
've got a former presidential candidate on the other side who suddenly is
just deeply concerned about poverty. That's great. Let's go. Come on."
He added: "Let's do something about it. I am glad that their rhetoric at
least has shifted. But let's now make sure that the policies match up with
the rhetoric."
Romney responded on Twitter. "Mr. Obama, wonder why my concern about poverty
? The record number of poor in your term, and your record of failure to
remedy," he wrote.
Fox News' Serafin Gomez and The Associated Press contributed to this report. | l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 我觉得他应该run, 那个jeb bush倒是不应该run. | b*****o
发帖数: 356 | 3 共和党现在人才辈出，有希望的候选人一大把，罗姆尼已经选了两次了，应该让位把机
会留给别人了。
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 我觉得他应该run, 那个jeb bush倒是不应该run.
| T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 4 同意。罗姆尼这个决定还是有道理哦。
Trump说的不错。说过47%这个事实不会消失。机会给些新人对国家更好。
【在 b*****o 的大作中提到】
: 共和党现在人才辈出，有希望的候选人一大把，罗姆尼已经选了两次了，应该让位把机
: 会留给别人了。
| r******g
发帖数: 4002 | 5 他是摩门教，多多少少会受到基督教天主教歧视的，有些共和党白人不会投票给他。 | F****c
发帖数: 526 | 6 我希望是Scott Walker,这人像是个干实事的。Jeb 也许和他哥哥不一样，但是谁知道
？ | n****g
发帖数: 14743 | 7 应该试一试哦
I
to
telling
【在 b*****o 的大作中提到】
: Mitt Romney announced Friday he will not run for president in 2016, after
: briefly flirting with a third White House run -- a decision that only
: slightly narrows the crowded field of potential Republican candidates.
: "After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I
: 've decided it's best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to
: become our next nominee," Romney told donors on a conference call Friday
: morning.
: The announcement comes after the 2012 GOP nominee, who repeatedly denied
: interest in another campaign, surprised donors earlier this month by telling
: them he was considering it.
| s********1
发帖数: 318 | 8 谁去恐怕都得输给希拉里那个老娘们儿，费那个劲干吗？ | p**j
发帖数: 7063 | 9 美国人民真的会这么无脑？光obamacare够民主党喝一壶的，再来8年，恐怕民主党要彻
底消失了。
【在 s********1 的大作中提到】
: 谁去恐怕都得输给希拉里那个老娘们儿，费那个劲干吗？
| b*****o
发帖数: 356 | 10 假如共和党提名一个年轻有为的和希拉里打擂，那个快七十的老太婆没戏。
【在 s********1 的大作中提到】
: 谁去恐怕都得输给希拉里那个老娘们儿，费那个劲干吗？
| | | r*********e
发帖数: 7733 | 11 老娘们6年前党内输给黑哥就没戏了。聪明点还是不要出来献丑。
【在 s********1 的大作中提到】
: 谁去恐怕都得输给希拉里那个老娘们儿，费那个劲干吗？
| T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 12 我也这么想。
中年v老年
男v女
右v左
反差还是明显的。
【在 b*****o 的大作中提到】
: 假如共和党提名一个年轻有为的和希拉里打擂，那个快七十的老太婆没戏。
| c****g
发帖数: 37081 | | g***e
发帖数: 4074 | 14 希拉里有不少明确的铁杆支持者，但是也有相当多的铁杆反对者。对希拉里来讲，中间
可争取的人太少，选战的爆发力不够。这点在08年就暴露无遗。 | w***b
发帖数: 535 | 15 罗姆尼不该退，他这次希望非常大，上次选的那个副手不好，锋芒太盛，倒是布什家，
我很怀疑美国人会让布什家三连霸，罗姆尼退选铁定是布什家的人出来了，不过我即不
喜欢布什家也不看好布什家，看来奥黑接下去八年又是民主党人的。 | l*******g
发帖数: 27064 | 16 做梦吧
左逼的忽悠那不是盖的，看看欧洲，尼玛都快整个变绿了，依然在装逼
德国还要大笔引进难民
【在 p**j 的大作中提到】
: 美国人民真的会这么无脑？光obamacare够民主党喝一壶的，再来8年，恐怕民主党要彻
: 底消失了。
| p**j
发帖数: 7063 | 17 欧洲绿了以后还能左吗？美国看到欧洲全绿了，还敢再左？
【在 l*******g 的大作中提到】
: 做梦吧
: 左逼的忽悠那不是盖的，看看欧洲，尼玛都快整个变绿了，依然在装逼
: 德国还要大笔引进难民
| D**s
发帖数: 6361 | 18 共和党看来是准备让Jeb Bush出来选，民主党目前看是希拉里了，这两人不管是谁都不
看好接下来的这8年。Bush家族人已经当了两届了，再变化也还是那个路子。希拉里的
思路可能会回到克林顿时期那些路子，可是岁月不饶人，变化也有限。
其他人不了解。
Romney明显就是厉害人物，他上台的话，应该会有些实质性的变化。
I
to
telling
【在 b*****o 的大作中提到】
: Mitt Romney announced Friday he will not run for president in 2016, after
: briefly flirting with a third White House run -- a decision that only
: slightly narrows the crowded field of potential Republican candidates.
: "After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I
: 've decided it's best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to
: become our next nominee," Romney told donors on a conference call Friday
: morning.
: The announcement comes after the 2012 GOP nominee, who repeatedly denied
: interest in another campaign, surprised donors earlier this month by telling
: them he was considering it.
| l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 19 我觉得jeb不行,这个和他个人能力无关.主要是很多人现在还是不喜欢小布什. Jeb再怎
么洗地也是布什家族的.如果他选肯定没戏, 希老太说不定就上去了.
【在 D**s 的大作中提到】
: 共和党看来是准备让Jeb Bush出来选，民主党目前看是希拉里了，这两人不管是谁都不
: 看好接下来的这8年。Bush家族人已经当了两届了，再变化也还是那个路子。希拉里的
: 思路可能会回到克林顿时期那些路子，可是岁月不饶人，变化也有限。
: 其他人不了解。
: Romney明显就是厉害人物，他上台的话，应该会有些实质性的变化。
:
: I
: to
: telling
| D**s
发帖数: 6361 | 20 bush家族惠誉参半，jeb的负面资产主要是他父亲和哥哥都搞砸了经济，热衷发动了海
外战争，他很难摆脱这些标签。当然，正面资产就是外交强势，反恐得力，比较符合正
统美国价值观。
[在 lczlcz (lcz) 的大作中提到：]
：我觉得jeb不行,这个和他个人能力无关.主要是很多人现在还是不喜欢小布什. Jeb再
怎么洗地也是布什家族的.如果他选肯定没戏, 希老太说不定就上去了.
：
：........... | s**********l
发帖数: 8966 | 21 可以挑Romney当副总统。
【在 D**s 的大作中提到】
: bush家族惠誉参半，jeb的负面资产主要是他父亲和哥哥都搞砸了经济，热衷发动了海
: 外战争，他很难摆脱这些标签。当然，正面资产就是外交强势，反恐得力，比较符合正
: 统美国价值观。
: [在 lczlcz (lcz) 的大作中提到：]
: ：我觉得jeb不行,这个和他个人能力无关.主要是很多人现在还是不喜欢小布什. Jeb再
: 怎么洗地也是布什家族的.如果他选肯定没戏, 希老太说不定就上去了.
: ：
: ：...........
| T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 22 正面资产观点有道理。负面资产在一些选民眼里太大了。正负相比优势不大。
【在 D**s 的大作中提到】
: bush家族惠誉参半，jeb的负面资产主要是他父亲和哥哥都搞砸了经济，热衷发动了海
: 外战争，他很难摆脱这些标签。当然，正面资产就是外交强势，反恐得力，比较符合正
: 统美国价值观。
: [在 lczlcz (lcz) 的大作中提到：]
: ：我觉得jeb不行,这个和他个人能力无关.主要是很多人现在还是不喜欢小布什. Jeb再
: 怎么洗地也是布什家族的.如果他选肯定没戏, 希老太说不定就上去了.
: ：
: ：...........
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