Jeb And Mitt And Mike….Oh My!

I know that no one is interested in reading about 2016 candidates today, what with all the craziness surrounding men using deflated balls and women's morality based on whether or not they wear yoga pants and whatnot.  But y'all – Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush are going to meet privately in Utah this week.  Well, it's not so much private anymore, because I'm writing about it along with a gazillion other people, and everyone is going to make grand assumptions about what they're going to be meeting about, which obviously has to do with one of them running for president in 2016. Yep.  Since they're meeting, it obviously means that the "two former governors (are finding) a way to avoid competing presidential campaigns that would split the Republican establishment next year."

Sigh.

DOUBLE. SIGH.

The meeting was planned before Mr. Romney’s surprise announcement two weeks ago to donors in New York that he was considering a third run for the White House.

 

 

 

Mr. Bush proposed the meeting, according to one of the party members familiar with the planning, who did not want to be quoted by name in discussing a secret meeting.
 

 

 

The original idea was for Mr. Bush, who announced his presidential ambitions in December, to show his respect for Mr. Romney, the Republican Party’s 2012 nominee.

The meeting stayed on both men’s calendars even as Mr. Romney took steps to test the presidential waters, moves that could make the meeting awkward.

Meanwhile – and I truly did not see this coming – Mike Pence, our Indiana governor, is going to be addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual Spring Leadership Meeting in April, which some say "fuel speculation that (he is) seriously considering a 2016 presidential run." 

After the State of the State (which we Chicks attended) last week, I didn't get the impression that Pence would throw in his hat, but I guess it could happen.  I swear, we're going to have about 67 dudes on our side of the aisle against the The Hillionaire.