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Romney: I'm not pessimistic about America

March 15, 2013 15:31
In his first major speech since his presidential defeat Mitt Romney told fellow conservatives Friday he remains optimistic about their movement and will help them take back the White House. "It's fashionable in some circles to be pessimistic about America, about conservative solutions, about the Republican Party," Romney told thousands gathered at the annual CPAC just outside Washington. "I utterly reject pessimism," he declared. "We may not have carried November 7th, but we haven't lost the country we love. And we have not lost our way."

Mitt Romney takes post-campaign role at son's investment firm

March 6, 2013 23:00
NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) - Four months after losing the presidential election to Barack Obama, Mitt Romney is joining his son's investment firm, a Romney adviser said on Wednesday. Romney, last year's Republican presidential nominee, will serve as chairman of the executive committee at Solamere Capital, said the adviser, who asked not to be identified. A formal announcement is expected later this week. The move was first reported by NBC News.

'It kills me' not to be president: Romney

March 3, 2013 14:00
Defeated Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said it "kills" him to be just another spectator rather than US president as political gridlock paralyzes Washington. "It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done," Romney told Fox News in an interview broadcast on Sunday, his first since losing to President Barack Obama last November. The former Massachusetts governor blamed the Democratic president for the latest crisis to hit the US capital -- the so-called sequester spending cuts totaling $85 billion this year.

Romney says 2012 race was 'roller coaster'

March 2, 2013 20:30
In his first interview since losing his 2012 White House bid, Mitt Romney likened his experience as a presidential candidate to an unpredictable and bumpy roller coaster ride. "We were on a roller coaster, exciting and thrilling, ups and downs. But the ride ends," Romney said, according to advance excerpts of the interview set to air on "Fox News Sunday." "And then you get off. And it's not like, 'Oh, can't we be on a roller coaster the rest of our life?' It's like, no, the ride's over."

Romney slams Obama over huge budget cuts

March 1, 2013 12:47
Mitt Romney, the Republican who lost last year's White House race to President Barack Obama, has accused him of a failed strategy to avert the massive spending cuts set to hit on Friday. In his first post-election interview since his November defeat, Romney also said it was normal for Republicans to "fight back" against Obama's repeated blame of conservatives for refusing to accept his push for new tax revenue as part of any deal to avoid the cuts.

Mitt Romney to address US conservatives in March

February 20, 2013 17:31
He may have lost the 2012 US presidential election, but one-time Republican nominee Mitt Romney will take center stage next month at a key conservative policy conference, organizers said Wednesday. Romney's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, which as the nation's largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists attracts thousands of guests, will be his first major public appearance since his loss to President Barack Obama last November.

Romney son Tagg rules out US Senate run

February 4, 2013 19:15
Defeated US Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney's son Tagg ruled out running for Senate on Monday after speculation that he might jump in to seek a newly open Massachusetts seat. "I have been humbled by the outreach I received this weekend encouraging me to become a candidate for the US Senate," said Tagg Romney, in a statement issued after reports that he was preparing a run.

Romney son Tagg mulling US Senate run: report

February 4, 2013 13:01
His father may have lost the presidential election, but Tagg Romney is now considering a US Senate bid, a Boston newspaper reported Monday. Republican Mitt Romney's oldest son, who runs a private equity firm, has made no formal announcement that he is running in the special June election to fill the seat vacated by newly-confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry. The Boston Herald said it "has learned" that the younger Romney was mulling a run but did not identify sources for the story.
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