According to Bob Schieffer, Romney has fed him, through a source, that if Jeb does not run in 2016, he may mount the dog on the roof again in two years (i.e. run). There is something to be said for trying to be a third time loser (if you count 2008), but the idea is rather preposterous. No one in America but Romney would want it.
In December 2011 Romney met with King George I HW Bush and Dowager Queen Babs at the Winter Palace in Houston. This summit produced some truly hilarious photo ops of a rather pained looking Romney sitting between HW and Babs, both holding lapdogs. The only things missing were the crowns on the two elder Bushes' heads, and the jester cap on Romney's. What the photos likely could not capture was the conditional "royal blessing" conferred by the old couple on Willard: 2012 is your shot, use it because 2016 is reserved for Jeb if he wants it.
Romney's public feelers about a third run if Jeb skips 2016 amounts to a gauntlet throw down to the royal family to put up, or shut up, which likely damns any Romney effort with the "courtier" donors before such an effort could get started. Nothing has the fury of a Bush family scorned, so count Romney 2016 out. Jeb can have all the time he needs to make up his mind.
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