Getty Romney (again) rules out 2016 bid

Mitt Romney once again ruled out a last-minute bid for the Republican nomination on Monday, days after a Washington Post article cited worried party establishment figures trying to get the 2012 nominee to take another pass at the White House as political outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson continue to sit at the top of the polls.

“No, I’m very much engaged in the political battles, but I’m doing it as a supporter of Republicans and conservatism rather than as an active candidate," the former governor of Massachusetts told Savannah Guthrie from San Diego in an interview on NBC's "Today."


Earlier, when asked whether Hillary Clinton or Trump would be better dealing with the Islamic State and other foreign policy challenges, Romney indicated that while there is "no question" that Clinton has more experience, the former secretary of state has "a lot of bad experience."

“I’d love to see a new direction taken to make sure that America’s interests are protected," he said.