Cripes sake.....now Romney is thinking about a Senate run. This guy just wont take his oats and head out to pasture. He has a home on So California......why don't he run out there? What say ye? Former presidential nominee Mitt Romney is prepared to run for Senate in Utah if the state’s senior GOP senator Orrin G. Hatch decides to retire, Utah Policy reported Monday. The report cited unnamed sources close to Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who said he is preparing a Senate run in case Hatch opts not to run again. Hatch had previously said this term would be his last, but he has since signaled he could run for an eighth time. Romney currently lives in Utah. Hatch is the most senior GOP senator and is the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee. Hatch has said in the past that he would hope someone like Romney would run for his seat were he to retire. Hatch has also said that Romney would not challenge him for the seat if he runs for another term. Salt Lake County councilmember Jenny Wilson is running on the Democratic side. Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the Utah Senate race as Solid Republican......snip~ http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/report-romney-prepping-senate-run-in-utah-if-hatch-retires
If romney runs he will have lots of money But Utah is a very conservative state He will undoubtedly have a GOP conservative opponent and will be no more of a slam dunk than hillary was
Because he doesn't have a home in either state. The likelihood of a Republican unseating Stabenow is slim to none. The likelihood of a Republican unseating Warren is even slimmer.
I would agree with you. Mitt is a very popular man in Utah. He's still popular up here in New Hampshire, where he has a summer home. I think the world of Mitt. If he wants the Utah seat, it's pretty much a guarantee that it's his.
In 2012, I voted, as always, for the person whom I thought could do a better job. But I also had no doubts about Romney's love of country or about his competence, both of which I doubt 100% about Trump. Had Romney been elected in 2012, though I would have still strongly disagreed with many of his policy positions, I would have easily accepted him and wished him well. Unlike Trump, who is a stupid businessman, one who has screwed over everyone in his path and who has no loyalty to anyone but himself, something that Republicans, to their great dismay, are now leaving by the bushel-full, Romney was and still is a smart businessman and also a savvy communicator. Romney had the guts to go speak directly to the NAACP about his worldview and his plans, knowing full well that that was the one place where he would be least likely to be accepted. In the moment that he did that in 2012, my respect for him grew by leaps and bounds. When he debated then-Pres. Obama, though I disagreed with a number of his positions, I was able to see him being the next President of the USA and not being a danger to our great Union, something I did not think and still no not think about Trump, who is bar none the worst disaster to ever befall the USA. When you consider what it takes for a person to be a Senator, Romney fits a lot of the bill: diligent, long-term thinking, willing to compromise, willing to be a policy-wonk, etc. And since he is a Mormon and Utah is a Mormon-majority state, I would say he would have good chances to win. That being said, were he to win, he would assume office at the age of almost 72 and would likely never gain seniority, so the next likely scenario is that he would hope to use his Senate seat in order to launch a 3rd bid for the presidency (2008, 2012, and now....). As Larry Sabato likes to say: he never met a Senator who did not look at him-or-herself in the mirror and see a future president. So, wait and see. Orin Hatch is no dummy and I bet, if he threw his entire heart and soul into one last campaign, he would likely win. But he has been there a long, long time, and should he be re-elected, he will be just shy of 85 were he to retain his office in 2019. BTW, both he and Romney are born in March (10th and 22nd). This would also mean he would end that term at just shy of 92 years of age.
