probably polling number one at the time. i ll give you one more for you. i ll give you one more. mitt romney was not in the first republican debate in 2021 and he was the republican nominee. so you have an opportunity to get into the next round of debates with the same criteria. do you feel pretty confident going forward? i ll give you one more. i don t think bill clinton even announced until october of 1991. i get the desire to get moving quickly. but this is really about both having the opportunity for voters to hear from us, along the way, recognizing that we re still a long way before the first voter ever expresses their preference. you spent a lot of time and you were limited in what you would do. is it fair to say that iowa, for you, it is extra important? i think that iowa has traditionally played the role of
politics. one of you asked about mitt romn romney. let s play it. in circumstances where a foreign government attempts to be involved in an american election that would be simply unthinkable for a candidate for president to accept that involvement, to encourage it, participate with it. simply allowing foreign governments to try to involve themselves in our elections is something we cannot allow and would be very much contrary to the spirit of democracy. he s just one. i hear other people say mitt romney should do more. he s pretty it s straight up. there was no waffling in there. he wasn t being ambiguous. that s important. we want to give senator romney credit right there. i think it s important that we not kind of make the move that, yes, he s critiquing but when it comes to the votes he s still voting with it. there are these moments he hasn t had chance to vote. no republican has.
within a point or two and you knew you could win. the crowds were building. it was completely improbable. mccain pulled out a five-point victory over rmitt romn romney. i m past the age where i can say kid but tonight we sure showed them what a comeback looked like. his expected challenger, hillary clinton faltered in her own campaign. in an upset, a newcomer, barack obama won the nomination. there s two types of elections in america. there s change elections and more of the same elections. i m not sure looking back in 2008 that we could have elected abraham lincoln as a republican to the office of the presidency.
trump will win a second term. he has called the president a fake con man. he made the prediction during a retreat in utah attended by high profile business leaders. according to the associated press mr. romney says i think our friends will nominate someone out of the american mainstream to the culture. and romney has been lamenting his bombastic style. and fighting to save zte. this reverses the deal with china. zte will pay a $1 billion fine. it will change its entire corporate leadership in 30 days. it will imbed a u.s. chosen
she denied receiving classified information during the relationship. prosecutors are not letting up on the efforts to deter leaks that were used under the obama administration. a bold prediction from mitt romn romney. he believes president trump will win a second term. he has called the president a fake and con man. he made the prediction in utah conference. according to the ap, mr. romney said i think our democrat friends are likely to nominate someone who is really out of the mainstream of american thought and it will make it easier for a president presiding over a growing economy. since launches the senate bid this year, romney has mostly praised president trump s actions and lamenting his bombastic style. and this is a dramatic break