{"id":49432,"date":"2015-01-30T17:55:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/30\/mitts-off-the-ballot.html"},"modified":"2015-01-30T17:55:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:55:03","slug":"mitts-off-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/30\/mitts-off-the-ballot.html","title":{"rendered":"Mitt&#039;s off (the ballot)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We won&#39;t have Mitt Romney to kick around the GOP primaries any more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/breakingnews\/ci_27425261\/mitt-romney-update-supporters-plans-2016-campaign'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/naadejL8n1nT6BDJCAJujj1EUDSNHwOjqxiM9C86SA2G6OcMdMqo14DhOSMxu39EORCkHqnhyxebvRoEfK3f_BujqMUG6StLg8qz-X3qJxr0G4576GKplQL4UEsdbVbOdCWbpqVL2GOg9i_LYA=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/breakingnews\/ci_27425261\/mitt-romney-update-supporters-plans-2016-campaign'>Former GOP nominee Romney will not run for president in &#8217;16<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; After a three-week flirtation with a new campaign for the White House, Mitt Romney announced Friday that he will not seek the presidency in 2016.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/FWqjPPEQ3JV'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We won&#39;t have Mitt Romney to kick around the GOP primaries any more. Former GOP nominee Romney will not run for president in &#8217;16 WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; After a three-week flirtation with a new campaign for the White House, Mitt Romney announced Friday that he will not seek the presidency in 2016. 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