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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Mitt Romney met privately with Bill Kristol, who is leading the effort to draft an independent candidate




Talk about desperation! 

I'm thinking if this actually takes place, after a hard fought primary with 17 candidates slugging it out, Mitt Romney is just going to waltz in and snatch the brass ring? This is supposed to unify the party? Trump has a tendency to cry about being treated unfairly. This time, I would have to agree with him. On its face, this is blatantly unfair and is sure to create an even bigger chasm in the party. Sorry Mitt... but if you listen to Kristol and try to pull this off it'll be your third failed attempt at the WH. And this time rightfully so.

Look... is Trump a flawed candidate? Sure he is. But look at the alternative. A case in point which is critical. The Supreme Court. With the death of Scalia, and Ginsburg basically on life support, Killary is a sure lock on two appointments and very possibly three... even if she serves just one term! Imagine the Supreme Court with three more Kaganesque/Sotomayor types serving lifetime appointments? 

We won't have to worry about who's going to pay for the border wall.
There won't be one.


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Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2013 at the Conservative Political Action Conference. (Nicholas Kamm /AFP/Getty Images)


In spite of his insistence that he will not run, Mitt Romney is being courted this week by a leading conservative commentator to reconsider and jump into the volatile 2016 presidential race as an independent candidate.

William Kristol, the longtime editor of the Weekly Standard magazine and a leading voice on the right, met privately with the 2012 nominee on Thursday afternoon to discuss the possibility of launching an independent bid, potentially with Romney as its standard-bearer.

“He came pretty close to being elected president, so I thought he may consider doing it, especially since he has been very forthright in explaining why Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton should not be president of the United States,” Kristol said in a phone interview Friday, during which he confirmed that he and Romney had a “little meeting in Washington.”

But knowing Romney’s reluctance, Kristol told Romney that if he remains unwilling to run, many top conservatives would appreciate having the former Massachusetts governor’s support for an independent candidate, should Kristol and other right-leaning figures enlist a willing contender.

“Obviously, if there were to be an independent candidacy, Romney’s support would be very important,” Kristol said. “I wanted to get his wisdom on whether it was more or less doable than I thought.”

“It was not like, ‘You should do it.’ I wouldn’t presume he’d do it. But I’m hoping that he begins to think about it a little more,” Kristol said. “His name is one of the names that is part of the discussion.”


William Kristol, the longtime editor of the Weekly Standard, is leading an effort to draft an independent candidate for president. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The closed-door huddle was held at the J.W. Marriott hotel in Washington, which is just blocks from the White House. It was requested by Kristol, according to a person close to Romney who requested anonymity to discuss the session. Kristol said the conversation was held over glasses of water.

Kristol has been working informally for weeks to seek out a prominent political or military figure who could be drafted into the general-election contest, such as retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis, who recently declined such overtures.

Later Thursday, both Kristol and Romney attended an awards gala for American Friends of The Hebrew University, an area group that supports the Jerusalem-based school.

At the dinner, when asked in front of the attendees about possibly running as an independent this year, Romney said he was not interested.

“No, I’m certainly going to be hoping that we find someone who I have my confidence in who becomes nominee. I don’t intend on supporting either of the major-party candidates at this point,” Romney said, according to the Washington Examiner.

But, Romney added, “I am dismayed at where we are now, I wish we had better choices, and I keep hoping that somehow things will get better, and I just don’t see an easy answer from where we are.”

A Romney spokesperson was not available for comment Friday evening.

In a speech in Salt Lake City, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney denounced support for candidate Donald Trump, saying Trump "is playing the members of the American public for suckers." 






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