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houston16revival

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Thu Mar 3, 2016, 07:53 PM Mar 2016

First on CNN: Team Romney explores blocking Trump at RNC [View all]

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Source: CNN

But implicit in Romney's request to his team to explore the possibility of a convention fight is his willingness to step in and carry the party's banner into the fall general election as the Republican nominee. Another name these sources mentioned was House Speaker Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate in 2012.

You don't have to read too far between the lines of the speech Romney gave Thursday at the University of Utah to see the imprint of this plan. He urged voters to support the candidate most likely to prevent Trump from racking up delegates in their states -- saying he'd back Florida Sen. Marco Rubio if he were voting in the Sunshine State, Gov. John Kasich if he were voting in Ohio, or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the states where he polls as Trump's strongest foe.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/03/politics/mitt-romney-stop-trump-at-convention/index.html



He's BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

Never a doubt that ego would resurface.

He says he's trying to block Trump, but he's really in it for himself!
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