Three weeks after telling a group of Republican financiers he wanted to run a third time, Romney told supporters he was bowing out. CNN reports, “In the end, as it always has been with Mitt Romney, it was about the data.” Romney’s oldest son Tagg said, “The fear was that in order to get there it was going to be so hard fought that he could not emerge from a position of strength.” CNN also reports the decision came in the aftermath of “frank” and “clinical” strategy session with his closest advisers and that Romney’s “donor network had grown lukewarm to the idea.” Analysts at CNN said Romney’s decision “widens the path” for Jedd Bush, who was said to be siphoning away his support among top donors.
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