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George H.W. Bush Romney

March 29, 2012 by · Comments Off on George H.W. Bush Romney 

George H.W. Bush Romney, Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush is set to endorse Mitt Romney, as Rick Santorum says he would consider joining Romney on a GOP presidential ticket.

Bush’s endorsement, expected to be made official Thursday, comes as Newt Gingrich says he will scale back his campaign.

Bush, president from 1989-93, was expected to endorse the front-running Republican presidential hopeful in Houston after the two meet privately, Romney and Bush officials said.

“Mitt will drop by and visit, and Mrs. Bush will join them,” Bush chief of staff Jean Becker told the Houston Chronicle. “Then [Bush] would like to make it official.”

Former first lady Barbara Bush already backed Romney and recorded automated telephone calls in his behalf that were used ahead of the Super Tuesday primary elections in Ohio and Vermont March 6. She had said March 5, “I think it’s been the worst campaign I’ve ever seen in my life.”

The Bushes’ son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, endorsed Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, after he won the Illinois primary last week.

Another son, former President George W. Bush, has not expressed a preference in the presidential primary.

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