“Ugggh. I’ve been a successful businessman, a governor, saved the Olympics, ran for president twice already, but now I’m really bored. What should I do with myself? Ah! Got it! Run for president a third time!”
Via Daily Caller:
More and more it looks like Mitt Romney will take third shot at the White House. But with Jeb Bush and Chris Christie apparently gearing up for runs themselves, what’s motivating Romney?
The best explanation may be the simplest: He’s bored. The high-energy former businessman just isn’t taking retirement well, an unidentified Romney insider told Yahoo News.
“I last saw Mitt in December, and he was bored,” the source reportedly said. “He was watching the world blow up around him and feeling somewhat vindicated on a number of ideas he had put out there and positions he had taken and kind of wondering, ‘Is this the next 20 years of my life, just sitting here?’ He’s a purpose-driven guy.”
So what if Romney could spend half of those next 20 years running and perhaps being president? That would provide him purpose and escape from his boredom, right? It certainly would be more exciting than being the frontman for some hedge fund or chairman of some presidential commission.