2012 White House runner-up Mitt Romney is tanned, rested and ready and will win the presidency in 2016,a Utah congressman claimed on Monday. Rep. Jason Chaffetz and former Massachusetts Gov. Romney are both Utah Republicans and Mormons – Chaffetz is a Jew who converted in college – but he insisted on MSNBC's 'Hardball' program that his pick is guided by substance, not home-team rooting. 'I think he actually is gonna run for president,' he said during a segment he shared with Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, a fellow House Oversight Committee member. 'He probably doesn’t want me to say that.'
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz said on MSNBC that Romney is 'actually going to run, and I think he will be the next president of the United States'
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'He’s been proven right on a lot of stuff, said Chaffetz
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Romney has brushed aside questions about his political future but has gone on record to castigate the Obama White House for its handling of Iraq
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Chaffetz and Romney are both from Utah and the congressman converted from Judaism to Mormonism – Romney's faith – in college
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