Dan Balz Book: Mitt Romney Voted Against 2012 Run In Family Poll

Air Langhi · Jul 2, 2013

WASHINGTON -- Over the Christmas break of 2010, Mitt Romney and his family took an internal poll on whether he should run for president once more. Twelve family members cast ballots. Ten said no. One of the 10 was Mitt Romney himself.
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Mitt Romney had other reasons to think that not running might be the wiser choice. Winning as a moderate from Massachusetts who happened to be Mormon was always going to be difficult. "A lot of the thinking on the part of my brothers and dad was, 'I'm not sure I can win a primary given those dynamics.'" Tagg Romney said. The prospective candidate also knew the sheer physical and family toll another campaign would take. "He's a private person and, push comes to shove, he wants to spend time with his family and enjoy his time with them," his son said. "Even up until the day before he made the announcement, he was looking for excuses to get out of it. If there had been someone who he thought would have made a better president than he, he would gladly have stepped aside."
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Why would you run if you didn't think you could really win.

Qball · Jul 2, 2013

Why have you wasted precious Clutchfans site badwidth with this? How is this even relavent now? He was hesitant but went for it anyway. Better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all...

Haymitch · Jul 2, 2013

His name is Balz

chrispbrown · Jul 2, 2013

Publicity. Koch brothers and PAC support.

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