http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-elite-donor-summit-featuring-2016-gop-hopefuls-a-longing-for-romney-to-run-again/2014/06/13/0d27d8f0-f27a-11e3-9ebc-2ee6f81ed217_story.htmlby Philip Rucker
June 13, 2014
Mitt Romney’s ideas summit here was intended to be a passing of the torch to the Republican Party’s would-be saviors, with five potential 2016 presidential candidates jetting in to schmooze with many of the GOP’s biggest donors and present their agendas for the country’s future.
Instead, the scene at a luxury resort in the Rocky Mountains quickly became a Romney revival. Minutes after the 2012 Republican presidential nominee welcomed his 300 guests, Joe Scarborough, the MSNBC host and former GOP congressman, urged them to begin a “Draft Romney” movement in 2016.
“This is the only person that can fill the stage,” Scarborough said at the opening-night private dinner, according to attendees.
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