An Interview With Mitt Romney
By ASHLEY PARKERJAN. 18, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney’s long journey in search of the presidency began on Christmas Eve in 2006, in Park City, Utah, as he and his family considered the burdens of a presidential bid. On Friday, Mr. Romney returned to where it all started, attending the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of “Mitt,” a 94-minute documentary chronicling both his 2008 and 2012 campaigns.
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After the screening, he sat down to chat about the experience of watching himself on the big screen, and the news of the day. Below is a condensed transcript of his comments.
On whether he would consider a third presidential run:
“Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. People are always gracious and say, ‘Oh, you should run again.’ I’m not running again. I will say this: It was a great experience. I loved it. It was just a fabulous thing to experience, and that’s the one thing in the film that I felt you can’t communicate — was just how honored you feel, what an extraordinary experience it is. But that being said, I loved it. But look, I want to make sure that we take the country in a different direction. I think that Chris Christie and Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, and the list goes on, have a much better chance of doing that, and so I will support one of them as they become the nominee.”
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On Republican 2016 presidential hopefuls:
“Oh, I don’t have a top choice. I’m inclined to Jeb and Chris and Paul Ryan, of course, who I think the world of. Scott Walker is extraordinarily impressive. Marco Rubio. We’ve got a number of very, very good people. And part of it is, let them get on the stage and see how they work with one another and how they debate and how they go through the crucible of a campaign, and then we’ll be able to make that selection.”
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