Mitt Romney announces potential 2016 presidential run

[Laerod]

Nobody implied that you didn't know anything about US politics. But, I don't know a ton about Estonian politics, and I presume that whenever someone says "GOP will win, I'm not American" they don't know much about my country's politics. The GOP is hated here. The midterms where the GOP won had a 30-35% turnout, it was fucking pathetic.

Obama didn't win with a landslide either last elections.

Did it without needing Florida. That was pretty impressive, actually.

[Xenotoca]

my grandmother's cat has better chance of getting elected.....

[Mount Godwin]

my grandmother's cat has better chance of getting elected.....

Seriously?

[Xenotoca]

my grandmother's cat has better chance of getting elected.....

Seriously?

yep, Ol' Mitt doesn't stand a chance

[Dragonia Re Xzua]

I'd take Romney over Hillary as a possible candidate any day. The last thing we need is another Clinton in the White House.

[Geilinor]

I'd take Romney over Hillary as a possible candidate any day. The last thing we need is another Clinton in the White House.

Why does the candidate's last name matter? I hold the same principle for Jeb Bush. I don't care who a candidate's brother, father, or spouse is.

[Caribica]

now you all know why I don't consider myself to be a part of the GOP anymore, the spineless RINOs need to get their asses to the party they belong in, the democrats.

[Empire of Narnia]

The Republicans should try and be a populist party. Romney is seen as a wealthy member of the corporate elite, he's not that appealing to the everyday person.

[Caribica]

The Republicans should try and be a populist party. Romney is seen as a wealthy member of the corporate elite, he's not that appealing to the everyday person.

Yes thank you, finally, someone around here with a bit of common sense.

[The Lone Star Republics]

Question

Is Mitt a RINO?

[Laerod]

Question

Is Mitt a RINO?

Mitt is the very essence of what the Republican party wishes to achieve.

[The balkens]

Question

Is Mitt a RINO?

Mitt is the very essence of what the Republican party wishes to achieve.

Rich, white, religiously conservative?

Still has problems with foot in the mouth disease tho.

[Colbert Super PAC]

Romney could win in 2016 if he runs on a more conservative platform than in 2012.

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Question

Is Mitt a RINO?

His beliefs are very much in line with his party.

[Davinhia]

Please don't

Rand Paul should be the GOP 2016 front runner

[Geilinor]

Please don't

Rand Paul should be the GOP 2016 front runner

I can't imagine Rand becoming president.

[Othelos]

Please don't

Rand Paul should be the GOP 2016 front runner

I can't imagine Rand becoming president.

moderates have the best chance of winning, so yeah, agreed.

[The balkens]

Please don't

Rand Paul should be the GOP 2016 front runner

I can't imagine Rand becoming president.

I did once, i will never sleep right again.

[Occupied Deutschland]

Question

Is Mitt a RINO?

His beliefs are very much in line with his party.

His party is a fractured amalgam of religious conservatives, economic neoliberals, neoclassical, neo-Keynesian and supply-siders, and a handful of social liberals who vaguely agree with some portions of one or more of the aforementioned economic categories to overcome their distaste of the religious conservatives they are forced to share bunk with.

Saying he's in line with his party just begs the question of what exactly the party is in line with and it's been arguing over that since, at the latest, his last presidential run (and even before then and into the 2008 campaign if one wishes to go historical).

[Nord Amour]

He was a weak candidate the first time around, and he'll be an even weaker candidate in 2016.

[Othelos]

He was a weak candidate the first time around, and he'll be an even weaker candidate in 2016.

He seemed weak because he wasn't absorbed by religious right hysteria like the rest of the candidates.

[Salandriagado]

I think your sarcasm dedector may need some calibration

I thought this was a more serious place than f7.

That's like being higher altitude than the Netherlands.

His beliefs are very much in line with his party.

His party is a fractured amalgam of religious conservatives, economic neoliberals, neoclassical, neo-Keynesian and supply-siders, and a handful of social liberals who vaguely agree with some portions of one or more of the aforementioned economic categories to overcome their distaste of the religious conservatives they are forced to share bunk with.

Saying he's in line with his party just begs the question of what exactly the party is in line with and it's been arguing over that since, at the latest, his last presidential run (and even before then and into the 2008 campaign if one wishes to go historical).

And Mitt flipped randomly between any and all of the above throughout his previous campaign. Seems perfectly matched, to me.

[Kelinfort]

His beliefs are very much in line with his party.

His party is a fractured amalgam of religious conservatives, economic neoliberals, neoclassical, neo-Keynesian and supply-siders, and a handful of social liberals who vaguely agree with some portions of one or more of the aforementioned economic categories to overcome their distaste of the religious conservatives they are forced to share bunk with.

Saying he's in line with his party just begs the question of what exactly the party is in line with and it's been arguing over that since, at the latest, his last presidential run (and even before then and into the 2008 campaign if one wishes to go historical).

What is the party in line with? The mainstream appears to have gone batshit.

[Nord Amour]

He was a weak candidate the first time around, and he'll be an even weaker candidate in 2016.

He seemed weak because he wasn't absorbed by religious right hysteria like the rest of the candidates.

Maybe, but he also had an incredibly poorly developed platform and a highly divided following. Next to Bush's funding and the Tea Party's polarizing ideologies, he will hardly stand a chance.

[Geilinor]

He seemed weak because he wasn't absorbed by religious right hysteria like the rest of the candidates.

Maybe, but he also had an incredibly poorly developed platform and a highly divided following. Next to Bush's funding and the Tea Party's polarizing ideologies, he will hardly stand a chance.

He had a poorly developed platform because he tried to cater to too many groups.