Romney on Emerging 2016 Field: I’m ‘Going to Be Aggressively Neutral’
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ABC/ DONNA SVENNEVIK(WASHINGTON) — As the 2016 presidential race looms ahead, former Republican nominee Mitt Romney assessed the fresh crop of potential Republican nominees Tuesday, starting with newly-minted presidential candidate Ted Cruz.
“He is a person of very sound capability and I think you’re going to hear a lot from him,” Romney said of Cruz, who announced the launch of his campaign on Monday.
Romney said that he remembers Cruz speaking at the RNC in 2012 without notes and noted the Texas senator “spellbound the audience there.”
On his own 2016 endorsement, Romney said, “I’m going to be very, very aggressively neutral in this process.”
“I like Jeb Bush a lot. I think he’d be a terrific president. I like Marco Rubio. Scott Walker, I like a lot…Chris Christie, boy the guy tells the truth in your face if he disagrees with you.”
Asked if Christie can overcome low poll numbers, Romney said, “America loves a comeback, and Chris is poised to do that.”
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