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Jonathan Bernstein

Romney's Road Gets Even Muddier

Romney's chances of becoming an embarrassment are considerably higher than his chances of becoming president.

This could get ugly. — This could get ugly.
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Jonathan Bernstein

January 29, 2015, 10:02 PM UTC

There's yet more evidence that Mitt Romney’s third White House campaign may be dead on arrival.

The latest is new reporting that a top Romney Iowa operative from 2008 and 2012 has jumped to Jeb Bush and that many Romney donors from the last cycle have moved to Bush. This follows previous articles on the lack of enthusiasm among Romney’s former supporters in New Hampshire and his former top donors.