Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign For President Announcement Coming Next Week

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is expected to formally launch a campaign for president of the United States next week in the key early primary state of New Hampshire, the Union Leader reports.

A spokesman for Romney confirms to CNN that the Republican hopeful will declare his candidacy in the Granite State next week.

Last month, the 2008 presidential candidate formed an exploratory committee to test the waters for making another run for the White House in 2012. He announced that move in New Hampshire. HuffPost's Jon Ward reported at the time:

The location was also carefully chosen. New Hampshire will be the prize for Romney in the first three states' worth of nomination contests, since the Iowa caucuses and South Carolina's primary come before and after the Granite State, respectively. Both of those states have voting populations heavy with socially conservative evangelical Christians -- Romney struggled with those types of voters and those states in 2008, in part because he is a Mormon.

Reuters reports:

White House hopefuls Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin lead a narrower field of potential rivals for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, according to a poll released on Thursday.

The Gallup survey is the organization's first since Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and real estate mogul Donald Trump opted out of the slowly evolving primary race.

However, Romney is likely to face obstacles in his pursuit of the White House. HuffPost's Jon Ward reports:

A top goal of the nation's most influential national Tea Party group is to stop Mitt Romney from winning the Republican nomination for president.

Interviews with top officials at FreedomWorks, a Washington-based organizing hub for Tea Party activists around the country, revealed that much of their thinking about the 2012 election revolves around derailing the former Massachusetts governor.

The AP reports:

Romney's full-fledged campaign has been a near certainty for months. He has traveled across the country to meet in private with donors and sound out their support. His headquarters in Boston has been adding staff.

He has learned lessons from the 2008 loss and has severely limited his public appearances. Instead of marathon days of campaigning, he so far has favored smaller events, opinion pieces in newspapers and speeches to friendly audiences.

Romney's public career began in 1999, when the business executive was recruited to take over the 2002 Winter Olympics after scandal and financial deficits threatened the Salt Lake City games.

Now, Romney appears to have his eyes squarely on the Republican presidential nomination. The former governor himself identified the venue for his June 2 announcement on Twitter on Thursday night. "Making it official next week at the Scamman Farm in New Hampshire," he wrote.

Comments

[jettymichael]

01:41 PM on 05/30/2011

Now we have a force to reckon with...

[websmith]

06:33 PM on 05/28/2011

Romney knows that he is going to lose, we know that he's going to lose, and he knows that we know that he's going to lose. What he will do is prevent a good Founding Father principled conservative from winning dooming this country to four more years of pillaging by the socialists.

[trvcampbe]

07:45 PM on 05/28/2011

Mit is nothing but sabotage to Ron Paul..Get ready for four more years of the Dictator Obumer..Wonder where his next war will be?

[mebecarl]

10:23 PM on 05/27/2011

OK, voters.... let's start OUR campaign as early as the candidates have. Do not support or vote for ANYONE who's worth more than five million dollars. NONE of our government seats should be allowed to be for sale. Remember... money does not equate to intelligence. It's their game of "one-upsmanship". Massachusetts dumped Romney; the rest of the country doesn't need him either. Go for the candidates that are more like the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker. They are on OUR level

[mrmoonlite5]

08:04 PM on 05/27/2011

WE DONT NEED THE FREEKING mormons TRYING to take over THE U.S.A NO WAY

[CR46]

11:30 PM on 05/27/2011

He als is a draft dodger.

[Moudsie]

09:17 AM on 05/28/2011

Most of the GOP are --

[chickline]

01:11 PM on 05/28/2011

I even read that the Mormons were helping the Catholics in order to get their agenda pushed.
Where is the separation of church and state?

[mrmoonlite5]

01:33 PM on 05/31/2011

NAA that would be a MORTAL sin Honest truth

[Rudi Jones]

06:34 PM on 05/27/2011

I've heard a lot of people say Romney is a RINO - Republican In Name Only, for those of you who don't know what that is. I think he needs to come join the side of progress - and drop that red tie for a Blue one. I think Romney would be a DECENT candidate for the GOP. However, I'll still be voting for Obama.

[chickline]

01:12 PM on 05/28/2011

No, Romney is a chameleon...changes to fit the environment with the goal to win the WH.

[Claireify]

04:27 PM on 05/28/2011

So will I, Rudi (vote Obama) and Mitt would be wise to forget the Presidential campaign and join the Dems.

[se72748]

06:28 PM on 05/27/2011

Romney care by any other name is Romney care and it is going to kill him in Iowa

[TyneCrescent]

06:21 PM on 05/27/2011

The next few months will be interesting watching the potential right-wing, teabagging GOP candidates' infighting as they attempt to "outdumb" the other. Only one of them can win the nod, so they should be trying to set themselves apart from the other candidates in their party than taking swipes at Obama. But that makes too much sense, right? Something all of them seem to be lacking, unless its dollars and "cents."

There is not a viable candidate among the bunch, or at least they haven't shown it yet, and after all these years in the public eye, they can't do much more flip-flopping than they've already done.

Some of these politicians must have an addiction to trying to achieve power. Why else would someone keep trying over and over and over again to be president, when they, their ideas and agendas have been constantly defeated? The rich must have a lot of money to throw around or running for president must be a hobby or something for their misguided souls. Get out the popcorn!!

[Westexacan]

05:54 PM on 05/27/2011

Romney is a nice looking chap , but he is not
presidential . He would be better than the woman
from Alaska tho.

[Lotus19]

06:12 PM on 05/27/2011

Anybody would be better than the woman from Alaska.

[chickline]

01:13 PM on 05/28/2011

Or the woman from MN or the governor from NJ.....oh yes, he does not want to run but .........

[Northstar707]

05:47 PM on 05/27/2011

What's going to be the biggest factor in sinking Mitt? Support for health care (his own), belonging to a cult, having multi multi millions, offshore antics, supporting and not publicly denouncing the mark of Cain issue, belonging to an organization working to kill any gay rights issues... Actually, he might be great for the repubs. Just needs to get on board with the kill medicare and the privatize social security platforms. What a party.

[Moudsie]

09:18 AM on 05/28/2011

Yes--they just can't stand seeing all that money and not being able to get their hands on it and if that ever happens and the stock market tanks -- how will the explain that, oh, I know, they won't care.

[middle-aged]

09:42 PM on 05/29/2011

What a party. But with following. Draw a conclusion for me, I like your reasoning.

[sotiricon]

04:38 PM on 05/27/2011

MittCare vs. ObamaCare. What would we possibly do without these guys? We'd all curl up and die.

Houses, electronics, clothes, appliances, medical technology, etc., etc. If we did not have government planners, we'd never this stuff ... right?

[mrmoonlite5]

01:29 PM on 05/31/2011

the only way we would get care if mitt ran is befourced into the mormons YUK

[FlexSF]

04:24 PM on 05/27/2011

I liked him when he was a fierce advocate for gay equality, and privacy. What prompted his de-evolution?

[Sharon Hunt]

05:53 PM on 05/27/2011

the tea-ers...wanting to fit in so badly he gave up his soul

[middle-aged]

09:48 PM on 05/29/2011

on a number of issues. good looking, but can he still look at himself. here is the worst part - he probably can.

[Are Bee]

04:23 PM on 05/27/2011

This guy may be a real force since the Tea party doesn't want him... that's a real endorsement for moderate Republicans and Independents.

[Rouvey]

03:26 PM on 05/27/2011

He should stick to Grecian Formula commercials~

[MadeObsoleteInUSA]

03:02 PM on 05/27/2011

Hey Mitt,

Tell us again what you do for a living,........ something todo w/ helping offshore........

[dollyfedup]

02:31 PM on 05/27/2011

Is he campaiging to be President of the Used car saleman dept. at General Motors in DETROIT?