Former President George H.W. Bush Supports Gov. Mitt Romney for President – 12/22/11

BREAKING: Former President George H.W. Bush (Bush 41) has announced his support of Gov. Mitt Romney for the GOP Presidential Nomination:

HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Less than two weeks before Iowa Republicans make their crucial caucus choices on the night of Jan. 3, George H.W. Bush offered words of support, if not an official endorsement, to an old friend, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

“I think Romney is the best choice for us,” former President Bush told the Houston Chronicle this week. “I like Perry, but he doesn’t seem to be going anywhere; he’s not surging forward.”

Bush said he had known Romney for many years and also knew his father, George Romney, a former Republican governor of Michigan who ran for president in 1968.

Bush said he supported Romney because of his “stability, experience, principles. He’s a fine person,” he said. “I just think he’s mature and reasonable – not a bomb-thrower.” . . . . Read More

NOTE: We initially called this an “endorsement,” but it is apparently not an official endorsement. Bush “supports” Romney.