
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Leading intensity Republican presidential possibilities Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, who are intent in a behind-the-scenes foe for dollars and support among celebration loyalists, are to accommodate in Utah on Thursday.
A Bush spokeswoman, Kristy Campbell, pronounced a former Florida administrator is “looking brazen to throwing adult with Governor Romney” on Thursday and that a assembly has prolonged been scheduled.
Romney, a former administrator of Massachusetts, announced he is severely deliberation a third presidential debate final week, about a month after Bush announced he is actively deliberation a candidacy.
Bush’s moves toward a bid have done a trail to a White House worse for intensity Republican rivals, including Romney who ran unsuccessfully in 2008 and 2012. Other 2016 hopefuls embody New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
The Utah assembly takes place as many intensity possibilities ready to trek to Iowa for a Iowa Freedom Summit, a forum orderly by Iowa Republican Representative Steve King. A accumulation of intensity possibilities are to pronounce there in Des Moines on Saturday.
Both Bush, a hermit of former President George W. Bush and son of former President George H. W. Bush, and Romney are competing for support from a investiture partial of a Republican Party.
While a specific reason for a assembly was not given, a event will give a dual group a possibility to take a magnitude of each’s intentions when it comes to 2016. It was scheduled before Romney done his enterprise for a third run public.
“I’d contend this is a rarely surprising pierce since these are dual intensity presidential contenders,” Republican strategist Ron Bonjean pronounced of a meeting. “The fact that they are assembly is poignant since it could lead to some decisions on a destiny of their candidacies.” (Additional stating by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Paul Tait and Tom Brown)
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