Both Romney and Manchin have been entertaining the idea of forming a third party whose main platform would be to "endorse whichever party's nominee isn't stupid." Sounds like a winning strategy...
From Axios:
Romney said Wednesday he floated the new party with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) "months ago" and has tried to convince the centrist Democrat not to run as an independent in 2024.
Romney, one of the most high-profile Republican critics of former President Trump, told Coppins that he sought a party that promoted centrist policies. Its working slogan: "Stop the stupid."
"We'd say, 'This party's going to endorse whichever party's nominee isn't stupid,'" Romney told Coppins in the sprawling excerpt published Wednesday.
Zoom in: Romney told Coppins that he was not ready to leave politics entirely, but felt like there wasn't a place for him in today's GOP.
"A very large portion of my party really doesn't believe in the Constitution," he told Coppins a few months after Jan. 6.
The big picture: The former Massachusetts governor announced Wednesday that he would not seek a second term in the Senate, saying that "it's time for a new generation of leaders."
Romney has opposed efforts by No Labels, a centrist group, to put forward an independent candidate in 2024. "I lobby continuously that it would only elect Trump," he told the Washington Post, which first reported his decision.
This sounds like Romney's attempt to "reinvent" himself, but quite frankly, it's most likely going to fall flat on its face.
Seriously, Mitt, no one cares about you anymore. At this point, you should try to make as graceful an exit from politics as possible.
