2016 field: Enter Mitt Romney?

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Romney running would kind of finish Christie off among the donor people doesn't it? Donors who worry about Jeb's capability of running a modern campaign have an alternative. Where else does Christie fit?

Certainly not any small places.

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If he does run, Romney would probably split the establishment with Jeb, which might create better opportunity for one of the more conservative candidates. It'd also make the primary even more of a clowncar than 2012.

It's almost certainly going to be a bigger clowncar than 2012.

Almost certainly running:
Bush
Paul
Christie
Cruz
Perry
Huckabee
Santorum
Jindal
Carson
Fiorina

May run:
Romney
Rubio
Walker
Kasich
Pence

Irrelevant and probably won't run, but one or two might surprise:
Bolton
Ehrlich
Gilmore
Graham
Pataki
P. King

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hey remember how good Romney was in 2012? Said No-one

So many issues with him-the GOP didn't even want him in 2012-they tried to get Christie/Bush to enter.

This is just the same as the 'Re-elect Gore movement in 2004' or 'Kerry 2008' or heck 'Gore 2008'. People love the idea of comeback candidates because you know more about them

Yeah, I've always seen "Romney 2016" as similar to "Kerry 2008". It wouldn't surprise me if Romney bowed out just like Kerry did too.