Mitt Romney: Future Force in the Senate or Just Another Freshman?
#TIA – It’s too early to get your hopes up about Romney beating Trump, but he’s made the first step to success in Utah.
“It is not every day that voters have the chance to elect a freshman senator with an outsize national profile like that of Mitt Romney.
In fact, you might have to go back to the year 2000, when first lady Hillary Clinton was first running for Senate in New York.
Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential standard-bearer, did not mention President Donald Trump by name in his Tuesday evening primary victory speech in Utah, but the message was unmistakable.
“We also welcome immigrants and refugees who come here legally. They add to the vitality of our great country,” said Romney, who is expected to have little trouble winning election in November. “We prize education and rigorous debate, and we expect the people who are leaders to carry out these debates with civility and dignity.””
Read more at Roll Call