Mitt’s List: Which Republican Contenders the 2012 Nominee Is Eyeing
Romney on Jeb Bush: We’re Very Close
Mitt Romney has been trading e-mails with Jeb Bush and plans to have lunch soon at the fabled Maine compound where the Bush family summers, but Romney insisted Friday that he has not yet made up his mind about whom he will support in the 2016 Republican presidential nominating contest.
In an interview Friday with Bloomberg's Mark Halperin at a Utah gathering of Republican presidential hopefuls and donors, Romney said he believes that "there are six or seven" members of the crowded Republican field who "I'd be happy to see as the nominee." One of the few top contenders not at the gathering sponsored by Romney, the Republicans' 2012 presidential nominee: Bush, who is expected to officially join the scrum on Monday, and who has spent the week on a tour of European capitals.