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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:01 AM Jul 2014

Who Are The Mysterious Forces Behind The 'Draft Mitt' Movement?

DYLAN SCOTT – JULY 3, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT

According to its own ticker, DraftMitt.org has gathered more than 28,000 names of people who want Mitt Romney to run for president in 2016. That isn't anywhere near the 2 million-plus claimed by Ready for Hillary. It's only about a quarter of the interest needed to earn an official response from the White House (if it were on the We The People website, which requires 100,000 signatures.)

But it's not nothing.

Which begs the question: Who's running this conservative (and low-budget) version of Ready for Hillary? That's the rub: Nobody seems to know.

It has a professional website (not paid for by Mitt Romney, as it makes very clear) and growing following. The number of signatures stood in the mid-10,000's when TPM first visited last month; now it's approaching 30,000.

But nobody is taking credit.

Contacted by TPM via its Facebook page (more than 1,000 likes, joined Facebook on May 14, 2014), an anonymous presence behind the site replied, saying the group "consists largely of former Romney campaign workers and donors."

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Who Are The Mysterious Forces Behind The 'Draft Mitt' Movement? (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2014 OP
Morons. Historic NY Jul 2014 #1
Democrats? tanyev Jul 2014 #2
+1 Scuba Jul 2014 #3
LOL! rock Jul 2014 #5
Which ever party runs a 'more of the same' candidate loses.. pipoman Jul 2014 #4
 

pipoman

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4. Which ever party runs a 'more of the same' candidate loses..
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:43 AM
Jul 2014

If both parties do it will be another lesser of two evils adventure. ..unless a true populist 3rd party option arises, then it's anyone's guess. ..

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