Thread: MITT ROMNEY TO MAKE MAJOR SPEECH TOMORROW ON 2016 RACE

BREAKING NEWS

2012 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY TO MAKE MAJOR SPEECH TOMORROW ON 2016 RACE, FOX NEWS CONFIRMS

Romney to make major speech on 2016 race

Published March 02, 2016 FoxNews.com

Mitt Romney will deliver a major speech on the state of the 2016 race for the White House Thursday, Fox News has learned.

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee will speak at 11:30 a.m ET from the University of Utah. Exactly what Romney will say was not immediately clear, though there were no signs that Romney would either endorse a candidate or jump into the race himself.

Romney considered another White House run at the beginning of 2015 before deciding against the move, reportedly after being out-raised by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush -- who has since suspended his campaign.

Despite his decision not to run, there has been widespread media speculation that he could be tempted back into the race in the case of a contested Republican convention as a last gasp way to stop front-runner Donald Trump.

The former Massachusetts governor has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to the business mogul.

Last week, Romney told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto that he believes there may be a “bombshell” in Trump’s tax returns, and called for Trump to release his returns as soon as possible.

He later criticized Trump for not immediately disavowing the support of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...2016-race.html

Hmmmm....

Originally Posted by Jean

Hmmmm....

He has decided to demand a recount for the last election.

BREAKING NEWS - DR. BEN CARSON SAYS HE SEES NO 'POLITICAL PATH FORWARD' IN GOP RACE

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

He has decided to demand a recount for the last election.

Why does this deserve an announcement? Are we expected to just sit and hold our breath waiting for what Romney has to say? It's a little strange. It would make more sense for him to just stand up and say something and then that might be news.

Oh my: Mitt Romney to deliver “major speech” on 2016 race tomorrow

POSTED AT 2:01 PM ON MARCH 2, 2016 BY ALLAHPUNDIT


You guys thought my previous 8,000 posts speculating about a “Romney 2016” campaign were just an elaborate goof, huh? As Bruce Campbell said to his severed hand in “Evil Dead II,” who’s laughing now?
Dude, it’s happening.

Mitt Romney will give a speech on the state of the 2016 presidential race on Thursday, his office said.
Romney is scheduled to address the Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Thursday morning, according to an advisory sent to reporters. Utah holds its Republican caucuses on March 22, a day after the last scheduled debate in Salt Lake City announced last month.

“This is not an endorsement or announcement of candidacy,” a source close to Romney tells the Boston Globe. We could have guessed that from the setting. If Romney was jumping in for Rubio, he’d do it at a campaign event in a state that’s set to vote soon, like Michigan, not in a speech out in Utah. And if he’s planning an independent candidacy, he’s certainly not going to announce it before Florida and Ohio vote on March 15th.

That would wreck some of Rubio’s (and Kasich’s) anti-Trump support by signaling that Romney thinks the primaries are all but over and it’s time to focus on the general election.

So no endorsement tomorrow and no independent run — yet. This does, however, look an awful lot like Romney putting himself back on the radar of #NeverTrump conservative voters at the very moment that they’re starting to look around for an “in case of emergency, break glass” candidate. I think that’s the theme he’ll pursue tomorrow: Never Trump. He’s going to say that Trump is unfit for the GOP nomination for a hundred different reasons, from his temperament to his leftish policies to his proclivity for scams like Trump University to his dodging when asked about David Duke in that interview with Tapper. In order to make it clear that he’s not trying to bigfoot the primary candidates and discourage Republicans from turning out to vote over the next two weeks, he may also make a point of saying that Rubio, Kasich, and even Ted Cruz would all be fine and acceptable choices for the nomination. The takeaway, though, will be that conservative votersmust have a principled choice available to them in the general election. They can’t be forced to decide between two liberals from New York.

He won’t say who that choice will be or that he has any plans to run; it’ll be a pure “conscience of a conservative” speech denouncing Trump.

But I think it’ll also be clear afterward that if Rubio can’t close the deal in Florida on March 15th, you may be hearing from Romney again.

And the next speech will be a little more concrete than this one.

Here’s the newest ad from the anti-Trump Super PAC Our Principles. If you don’t like the Republican version of this, maybe you’ll like the Democratic version of it coming this summer better.

Update: Yep. According to Bloomberg Politics, this speech will be all about Trump.

Mitt Romney will lay out his case for why Donald Trump shouldn’t be the nominee of the Republican Party in a speech on Thursday in Utah, according to a source with knowledge of the remarks…

Romney doesn’t believe Trump is the right person to lead the party, and wants to make his case before the New York businessman can start coalescing party leaders, the source said.

Romney probably won’t endorse, or enter the race, the source said.

Yeah, endorsing Rubio at this stage would be odd if he’s planning to announce an independent candidacy soon. As for freezing party leaders by coming out strongly against Trump, that’s fine but it has a shelf life. If Trump wins Florida and Ohio, a few stern words from the reining nominee tomorrow aren’t going to stop Republican congressmen from climbing onto the bandwagon. Hard to see this as anything other than a declaration that conservatives will have a candidate in the fall, whether that’s Romney or someone else.

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/0...race-tomorrow/

Romney had his chance and blew it. Too late to catch the train now Mitt.

Mitt Romney to speak on 'state of the 2016 presidential race' Thursday

By Eric Bradner and Mark Preston, CNN
Updated 3:36 PM ET, Wed March 2, 2016

(CNN)Mitt Romney will speak Thursday on "the state of the 2016 presidential race," he said in a press release.

The 2012 Republican nominee will speak at 11:30 a.m. ET on Thursday at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum, the same day that the remaining GOP presidential candidates are schedule to debate in Detroit.

A source close to Romney told CNN the speech is not an endorsement or announcement. Another source close to Romney's plans said he's expected to praise Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who are both trying to be an alternative candidate to the brash billionaire.

Instead, he'll use the speech to criticize GOP front-runner Donald Trump, emphasizing that Trump is the wrong person to lead the Republican Party in November and underscoring the "choices facing the Republican Party and the country" in this election.
Another source close to Romney told CNN that he is "going after Trump" in the speech.

Romney's remarks come at a time of deep soul-searching for the Republican establishment as they consider ways to take on Trump, who dominated yesterday's Super Tuesday contests.

In Washington, Utah's Sen. Orrin Hatch told CNN, "If the convention is locked up, there's a possibility" Romney would run for president.

Romney has been especially vocal in criticizing Trump in recent days, raising the possibility that the billionaire's tax returns could contain a "bombshell" and slamming him for not disavowing white supremacists in an interview Sunday with CNN's Jake Tapper.

Trump later said he'd had a faulty earpiece, and noted he'd condemned former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke -- who Tapper had asked about -- both before and after that interview.

Still, Romney hit him on Twitter the following day, saying: "A disqualifying & disgusting response by @realDonaldTrump to the KKK. His coddling of repugnant bigotry is not in the character of America."


New York Rep. Peter King told CNN he wasn't aware of any "inside information" related to what Romney will say at Thursday's speech but did express concern over Trump's momentum in the presidential race.

"His whole campaign is all based around Donald Trump and his personality," King, who has endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, said, adding that he plans to be at the Republican convention this summer.

Deputy campaign manager for Romney's 2012 bid Katie Packer told CNN that "He wants to send a large message about issues and the brand of the Republican party."

"He was a candidate who always conducted himself with such dignity," she added.

Trump told CNN's Jake Tapper in October he would vote for the nominee of the Republican party for president in 2016, but added the caveat that he didn't "believe that's going to be Donald Trump."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/politi...day/index.html