Former Presidential Candidate’s Speech Rouses Conservative Crowd and Suggests Leaders – Including Chris Christie – Whom He Believes Are the Party’s Future

By James Beattie | The Save Jersey Blog

Mitt Romney was given a warm embrace with the crowd chanting “Mitt, Mitt, Mitt!” after a very rousing applause and welcome by South Carolina’s Nikki Haley, a GOP Governor who endorsed him relatively early in the 2012 Presidential election.

Romney praised the South Carolina Governor, quipping “We need more Governors like Nikki Haley,”

The former presidential candidate seemed genuinely moved by the audience’s enthusiastic response, and although his campaign has received much criticism after the fact, upon reflecting on his defeat, Romney told the crowd “it is up to us to make sure to learn from our mistakes, my mistakes, to make sure we take back the White House, the Senate, and put in place conservative principles.”

Romney also offered this bit of advice while simultaneously acknowledging that he was perhaps not the right man for the job: “Look for 30 Republican Governors across the country; winning elections, including Rick Synder who passed right to work in Michigan.” Interesting!

He also stressed the need to look to Republican Governors in blue and purple states, including Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Bob Mcdonall of Virginia, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, and of course, our very own Chris Christie of New Jersey, the latter of which received the loudest of applause.  Very interesting! As we have mentioned time and time again, Governor Christie is conspicuously absent, and we are determined to find out what the CPAC faithful think.  The loud ovation at the sound of his name rolling off Mitt Romney’s lips would be a good starting point for our inquiry!