BE INCHING CLOSER TO A RUN FOR
"COUNTDOWN" THAT ROMNEY IS
ALREADY TURNING TO TRUSTED
ADVISERS WITHIN HEDGE FUND FOR
LET ME GET ON CHARLIE
GASPARINO?
>> COURTESY OF MY PRODUCER
BRIAN SCHWARTZ.
LISTEN, I DO A LOT OF BUSINESS
WE SHOULD POINT OUT MITT ROMNEY
WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN
2012.
HE RAN BAIN CAPITAL, THE
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM.
HE'LL BE ABLE TO RAISE A LOT OF
MITT ROMNEY IS ON THE VERGE
NOW, VERY CLOSE TO ANNOUNCING
HIS POSSIBLE CANDIDACY.
ROMNEY WILL LIKELY ANNOUNCE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT YOU
COULD SAY I DON'T WANT TO DO
IT.
ANN ROMNEY SAYS PLEASE DON'T DO
IT, BEGS HIM.
HE'S GOING TO ANNOUNCE A RUN
FOR UTAH SENATE SEAT NEXT WEEK,
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE
ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK, AND ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY I THINK YOU
TO PEOPLE INCLUDING MIKE LEE.
MIKE LEE, THE SENATOR FROM UTAH
CONSIDERED A TED CRUZ
REPUBLICAN.
MITT ROMNEY IS AN
ESTABLISHMENT-TYPE REPUBLICAN,
HE IS DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY
REACHING OUT TO THE MORE
CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE --
HE'S FROM UTAH, MIKE LEE, MAKES
SENSE.
THESE ARE TWO -- THESE ARE TWO
DIFFERENT FACTIONS WITHIN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND HE'S
SPOKEN WITH LEE NUMEROUS TIMES
ABOUT THIS.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
LAST WEEK, LEE TOLD HIM HE
WOULD SUPPORT HIM IF HE RUNS, A
GETS INTERESTING, AND I KNOW
ALL THE TRUMP KINS ARE GOING TO
GO NUTS ON THE TWITTER PAGE
WHEN I SAY THIS.
>> REALLY?
PEOPLE THINK ROMNEY IS DOING
THIS -- SHOULD I POINT OUT,
ROMNEY IS FROM NOMINALLY
MICHIGAN, GOVERNOR OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
OWNS A HOME IN UTAH, AND
MORMON, A BIG MORMAN STATE AND
SAVED SALT LAKE CITY OLYMPICS
LIZ: YEAH, BY TAKING FEDERAL
MONEY.
>> HE SAVED IT, IT WAS IN DEBT.
HE DID ALL THAT.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF BONA FIDES IN
UTAH.
MY OTHER POINT IS THAT IF
DONALD TRUMP DOES IMPLODE, AND
I'M NOT SAYING HE IS.
YOU NEVER KNOW, EVERY DAY IS
ANOTHER -- HE SEEMS GREAT ONE
DAY, NOT SO GREAT NEXT.
