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and support the Impeachment Inquiry?
Response to malaise (Original post)
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H2O Man
(73,321 posts)You have me laughing out loud -- my dog is wondering what is going on. Thank you so much!
tblue37
(64,979 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)He's still in the GOP caucus.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Independent now, but I think he will do it to help his re-election chances in MI-03.
meadowlander
(4,358 posts)He won't be the first, but if he signals he's willing to make another presidential run next year and starts openly condemning Trump enough Republicans will fall in line behind him.
Dan
(3,524 posts)Because as Trump is damaged more and more - and it is possible that he might be removed from office (GOP have to think about their political careers and at some point with more and more damming information - they will throw him under the bus). Because how the RNC has stacked the deck against anyone challenging Trump - the GOP might be forced to just get anyone to run for the GOP as president in 2020. Mitt has the name recognition.
FakeNoose
(32,349 posts)The GOP is toxic now and for the next 5 years at least.
Why would Mitt Romney want to run and lose again? He's better off sitting on the sidelines and watching Chump self-destruct.
meadowlander
(4,358 posts)If the evidence is bad enough, he might decide that "National Saviour" is a label he likes as much as "Mr President".
2020 is a write-off for the Republicans but nobody else on the right would be able to touch him in 2024.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)could be another 9 years before he even tries to run again
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Maybe in 2024 if he's not feeling to old. If Trump were removed from office, he wouldn't have much time to get a campaign together, and lots of Republican voters won't be too happy with him. The problem for anyone that may flip is that Trump really does represent the values of the majority of Republicans.
H2O Man
(73,321 posts)Recommended.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)a timely step in this situation would propel him into the Repub limelight as a "moderate."
H2O Man
(73,321 posts)It must be humiliating for Mitt to see a jackass like Trump as president. And he doesn't want to wait until 2024 for another shot at it.
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Just another religious cultist.
H2O Man
(73,321 posts)The petty thief that started that "religion" was from the next town over from me. When the county built a new jail, people went through the numerous boxes of records in the old building's basement.I was primarily interested in copies of the treaties with the Iroquois, as this was the "western front" after the Revolutionary War. But I was happily surprised to find there were numerous records about Smith's many, many crimes here -- the crimes that resulted in his having to leave the area in a hurry.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)H2O Man
(73,321 posts)My cousin and I have talked about publishing them somehow. As we are both old and low-tech, I'll ask one of my kids if they will help with that.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Not really. Who knows. They're all apart of the Trump crime family.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)All depends on the Articles and who or whom might be named as conspirators.
And the key will be who or whom are asked to serve on the Investigative Panel and that will be key as to how wide this Impeachment Investigation becomes.
randr
(12,408 posts)spanone
(135,633 posts)duforsure
(11,882 posts)And maybe 5 or 6 GOP Senators will flip and oust Moscow Mitch by turning into democrats to take control away from Putin.
CrispyQ
(36,226 posts)Bill Kristol on MSNBC, from Real Clear Politics
Bill Kristol: Mitt Romney Has Helped Reassure Pelosi There Is Republican Support For Impeachment in Senate
Mitt is so desperate for power - a real opportunist
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,036 posts)Greed, Opportunism, Perversion is the party line. If they can't get money, they'll take power at every opportunity and then pervert it to repeat the cycle.
JohnnyLib2
(11,206 posts)The more visible ones will bide their cowardly time.
FakeNoose
(32,349 posts)Surely the GOP can find somebody they can sacrifice!
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)Blaukraut
(5,689 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,435 posts)To the White House? Not sure we can trust Burr farther than we can throw him.