Love him or hate him (I’m admittedly in the first camp), Mitt Romney is a gentleman. That’s why he’s waiting patiently for senior Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch -- in office more than 40 years -- to decide on retirement before jumping into the 2018 Utah senate race.
Not because of Romney’s stature: Both men are GOP elder statesmen. And not because of Hatch’s Senate record: They’d likely vote the same way on the issues. But because 2018 is about one thing: President Donald Trump. And while Hatch has acquiesced to the grotesque Trump status quo, Romney is one of the few marquee Republicans who’s had the courage to call Trump out.