Well, maybe. Looks like all the big money, country club, business wing Republicans are dismayed with Jeb Bush, and are trying to get Mitt Romney to come back. And Mitt hates DOnald Trump so much, he’s thinking about running again.
Won’t THAT be exciting? Won’t THAT be just the thing to kill Donald Trump?
Nobody in either party could muster any enthusiasm for Mitt last time… but THIS time will surely be different, right?
The definition of insanity …
Well, if you read the article, it’s more about how Romney’s willing to be active in his influence (money, endorsements, counseling) than actually throwing his hat in the ring. The article itself says “In reality, the prospect of Romney jumping back into the race at this late date remains exceedingly slim — he’s made no visible signs of reassembling his political operation.”
Throwing his hat in the ring would be a horrible way to defeat Trump. None of Trump’s supporters would jump onto the Romney bandwagon, but some supporters of establishment candidates like Bush likely would, which would ultimately put Trump in an even stronger position as the establishment vote is further divided.
But what this article is actually talking about does seem like a good strategy. Transferring knowledge, supporting financially, and eventually endorsing after the establishment crowd begins to coalesce around one candidate is a good strategy for attempting to defeat a candidate you don’t like.
He’s not coming back; unless the GOP goes to a brokered convention.
Romney returning to the field of battle would be just too good to be true. I’m sure he’s aghast at Trump leading the way and might hump in to deny him the nomination.
Neither has Biden, but that hasn’t stopped the Anybody But Hillary crew any more than Romney can stop the emergent Anybody But Trump crew.
That’s my take as well. I would bet good money that he’d accept the GOP nomination if it was handed to him, and I figure that if nobody had a majority of the delegates by the end of the primaries, he might well have people start a ‘whispering campaign’ for him in the run-up to the convention.
But I’d bet even more money that, even now that he’s seen how weak the GOP field really is, he’s still not willing to go through the hassles of the primary season a third time.
What are you implying? Because it seems to me that:
(1) You’re implying that Romney jumping into the race is just as likely as Biden jumping in.
(2) That if people urge him to run, he’s helpless to stop them and will end up running in spire of himself. (All right, I’m sure that’s not what you mean, but I’m having trouble parsing what you mean by “any more than Romney can stop the emergent Anybody But Trump crew” and how that indicates that he will jump into the race.)
(3) That the article, or something else you’ve seen, implies that there’s a good chance Romney will run.
My response, fully understanding that my reading comprehension skills may not be up to par:
(1) From what I have read in the news, Biden has dropped a lot more hints that he’s considering running than Romney has, and Biden has acted more like a prospective candidate than Romney has. Biden flirts with the idea in the media, saying he’s considering it. I don’t think Romney has.
(2) Seriously, can you just explain what you mean by he can’t stop the emergent Anybody But Trump crew? I mean, I understand in the sense that if people want to find someone who they think can beat Trump, and no one in the field seems able to beat him, people will start urging Romney to run. I understand he can’t stop them in the sense that he can’t convince people to stop looking for a Trump alternative. But I just don’t see Romney being able to mobilize and organize a campaign fast enough to pull together a winning campaign, particularly considering his failure to beat Obama in the general election, and the fact that a lot of people didn’t want him to win in the primaries in 2012. And I suspect Romney knows as much himself. An Anybody But Trump crew can’t change these facts.
(3) The article strikes me as a classic hook to draw you in. The title implies that he may be running, but when you read the article, there is very, very little to imply that he’s actually considering running. And I haven’t seen any other articles that point to him seriously considering. The title is written to get clicks, not to be accurate.
Yes. But he’s still going to be as much of a longed-for Non-Trump as Biden is a longed-for Non-Hillary, and nothing either man can say or do will stop the longing.
Romney’s hinting came much earlier in the year, for one thing. For another, what Biden hints do you mean?
Really? What has Biden said or done, except to tell the DNC that he doesn’t think he has the “emotional fuel” for it? The “flirting” you refer to has been by the (bored, story-hungry) media, not by Biden.
In that there’s nothing he can say or do that will shut them up. Warren finally got off that hook by helping recruit Sanders, but what can Romney do to make some other Republican look more attractive than he is?
The facts don’t matter. They won’t shut up about it anyway.
The Return of the Thing From Planet Kolob!
One example. Biden has said that he’s seriously considering running, and done so recently. To my knowledge, Romney hasn’t said this, at least not recently.
I don’t think he needs to. All he needs to do is make enough Republicans find a candidate more attractive than Trump.
I referred to his “emotional fuel” demurral already. This link just confirms it.
Again, that was earlier this year.
How’s that workin’ out so far, guys? 
That may be the plan. They can let this clown car primary season continue and as long as no one gets a clean majority of the delegates they’ll just pick their candidate. Bush has already lost, so Mitt is their fall back establishment candidate. However, I suspect these rumors will just get Trump to go on the attack against Mitt. It’s won’t be difficult for him either.
WTH? No it doesn’t. The link shows that you somehow managed to forgot that what he actually said is that he was trying to decide “whether or not” he has the emotional fuel, not that he doesn’t.
Well, not enthusiasm in the absolute sense, but relative to voting for Donald or Jeb, or Hillary?
Yeah.
I wonder if anyone was smart enough to predict such a possibility as a Draft Romney! movement. Such a person would be remarkably wise and intelligent, and people should send him money. If he accepts PayPal, which he probably does. Being so smart, and all.
I didn’t read it?
“I have to be able to commit to all of you that I would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul, and right now, both are pretty well banged up.”
That’s a polite No.
Lol. I didn’t say you didn’t read it. You are reporting your impression as fact.
So you’re reading that as Yes or even Maybe? Wow.
Tell me more about impressions.
Yes. I am interpreting that as a maybe. A polite “no” generally includes a “no”.