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Romney fails to win GOP nomination for senate, heads to primary in Nov

By Rich McKay

 

Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, in Provo, Utah, U.S. February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/Files

 

(Reuters) - Mitt Romney's restart of his political career hit a roadblock Saturday.

 

The 2012 Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor failed to win the Utah Republican Party's nomination, which means he must face 11 challengers in a June primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch.

 

Romney needed at least 60 percent of the votes from delegates at the Utah GOP convention Saturday to head to the November election unopposed, but he earned only 49.12 percent, CNN and other media reported.

 

Romney was considered the political favorite by political observers and U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Romney in February.

 

The president said on Twitter in February that Romney "will make a great Senator and worthy successor to @OrrinHatch, and has my full support and endorsement!"

 

But Romney and the president have not always been political allies.

 

Romney excoriated Trump in the 2016 presidential campaign and said he was a "fraud" who was "playing the American public for suckers."

 

Trump responded that Romney had "choked like a dog" in his 2012 campaign against President Barack Obama.

 

Despite the criticism, Trump briefly considered making Romney his Secretary of State.

 

Romney said in February that he generally approves of Trump’s agenda, but would call out the president if needed.

 

"I'm with the president’s domestic policy agenda of low taxes, low regulation, smaller government, pushing back against the bureaucrats," Romney said. "I'm not always with the president on what he might say or do, and if that happens I’ll call them like I see them, the way I have in the past."

 

Romney was criticized by some delegates for being a latecomer to the state, moving to Utah relatively recently, CNN reported.

 

Romney's campaign could not be reached for comment early Sunday.

 

(Reporting by Rich McKay; Editing by Stephen Coates)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-23

[George Bowman]

Let’s pretend a friend wants to buy a business in Thailand for $10 million. He doesn’t have that much money so his friends help out. The problem is that this business only makes $174.000 a year. From a business viewpoint many would think this would be a stupid move.

 

Yet the average US senator campaign costs around $10 million. And the yearly salary is $174,000.

 

I have now lived in Thailand for 1/3 of my life. As time passes, I can’t help but observe that politicians from both countries are about the same and I often remember a chore I had growing up. Throwing a bucket of corn in the trough and watch the pigs come running and squealing with delight.

[Emster23]

"... heads to primary in Nov " (headline)

" ...he must face 11 challengers in a June primary for the U.S. Senate seat.."

The general election, the one where actual senator is chosen, is in November

Does anyone proof read this stuff before publishing? Not blaming TV

[quandow]

From everything I've read, Mitt is a decent family man. He's just not electable in this climate. The "47% remark" he made and the $10,000 bet he tried to make during the primary debates will haunt him forever. Most people had never even heard the word "dressage" before Mitt. He's TOO white, TOO rich, and TOO much a "business as usual" Republican.

[Credo]

9 minutes ago, quandow said:

From everything I've read, Mitt is a decent family man. He's just not electable in this climate. The "47% remark" he made and the $10,000 bet he tried to make during the primary debates will haunt him forever. Most people had never even heard the word "dressage" before Mitt. He's TOO white, TOO rich, and TOO much a "business as usual" Republican.

Have you been to Utah?   No such thing as being TOO white there...or TOO Mormon, which he is.   

[quandow]

13 minutes ago, Credo said:

Have you been to Utah?   No such thing as being TOO white there...or TOO Mormon, which he is.   

Yes, you're absolutely right about Utah, but he's talking about a presidential run.

[Ulic]

24 minutes ago, quandow said:

From everything I've read, Mitt is a decent family man. He's just not electable in this climate. The "47% remark" he made and the $10,000 bet he tried to make during the primary debates will haunt him forever. Most people had never even heard the word "dressage" before Mitt. He's TOO white, TOO rich, and TOO much a "business as usual" Republican.

So you are saying he is perfect for Utah. 

[boomerangutang]

Romney is a flawed politician in many ways, but he's about as good as Republicans can come up with.  Let's not forget, he picked Ryan as his running mate.  

Also: during the 2012 prez campaign, Romney was asked about hemp, and he just grinned and acted like he didn't know anything about the issue.  That shows one of two things:

A. he honestly didn't know about an important issue, or

B. he did know, but was acting stupid.

 

.....typical Republican behavior.

 

 

 

[sukhumvitneon]

4 hours ago, missoura said:

Let’s pretend a friend wants to buy a business in Thailand for $10 million. He doesn’t have that much money so his friends help out. The problem is that this business only makes $174.000 a year. From a business viewpoint many would think this would be a stupid move.

 

Yet the average US senator campaign costs around $10 million. And the yearly salary is $174,000.

 

This should go without saying, but the financial gain to be had in a US senate seat is substantially more than just the base pay.

 

As for Romney, he's just another cardboard cutout Republican In Name Only "conservative".  Conservatives that really don't conserve anything, they talk a good game but at the end of the day will sell out the country, the young, and the middle class for a quick buck and are too wimpy to stand up to liberals on any meaningful public policy debate.

 

So Mittens, it's spring cleaning season and Paul Ryan got kicked to the curb, and I hope you're next.

[bristolboy]

8 minutes ago, sukhumvitneon said:

This should go without saying, but the financial gain to be had in a US senate seat is substantially more than just the base pay.

 

As for Romney, he's just another cardboard cutout Republican In Name Only "conservative".  Conservatives that really don't conserve anything, they talk a good game but at the end of the day will sell out the country, the young, and the middle class for a quick buck and are too wimpy to stand up to liberals on any meaningful public policy debate.

 

So Mittens, it's spring cleaning season and Paul Ryan got kicked to the curb, and I hope you're next.

And apparently, these delegates who rejected this "cardboard cutout Republican" don't think too highly of Trump's endorsement either.

[charmonman]

2 hours ago, quandow said:

Yes, you're absolutely right about Utah, but he's talking about a presidential run.

Uh ... no. This article is about him running for the Senate in Utah.

[Scott]

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