Breaking: Mitt Romney To Tell Top Supporters Today His 2016 Presidential Intentions

Mitt Romney will announce “an update” this morning on an 11:00 AM call to supporters. 

Bloomberg News and CNN are reporting this morning that Mitt Romney sent an email to top financial supporters last night saying he will provide “an update” on his intention to run for president. 

Saying the “data is in,” Mark Halperin at Bloomberg writes “Romney has now gathered all the information he needs to reach a conclusion about whether to run a third time.”

The “why” is likely stunning to non-Romney supporters.

“The main rationale on the ‘go’ side,” Halperin reports, “is Mitt and Ann Romney’s strongly held conviction that no one in the current field would make a better president.”

“Critics in both parties and the press may scoff at this view, but the Romneys believe it to their core and thus feel Mitt has an obligation to his country to once again shoulder the mantle. Following his crushing defeat in 2012, Romney has deemed Obama’s second term an utter failure, particularly on issues of national security and the domestic economy. Furthermore, those in Romney’s orbit are convinced that Mitt is not just best qualified, but almost uniquely qualified to turn around the nation and help guide the world to safer pastures. The Romneys consider this assessment a clear-eyed, rational analysis of his skills as a manager and a leader, augmented by the sense of duty he was raised with in the Mormon faith.”

He also points to a secret private poll funded by a generous benefactor which claims to show “Romney with a huge lead across the board.” It also shows Marco Rubio and Ben Carson as two “prospects who fare well in the research are Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Maryland physician Ben Carson.”

CNN’s Dana Bash on air reports she believes Romney will run.

NCRM will report on Romney’s decision later this morning – stay tuned!

 

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