The Evolving Prophecies Of Mitt Romney
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA -- For a man who says he doesn't make predictions, Mitt Romney sure makes a lot of predictions.
Romney has recently taken to paraphrasing baseball legend Yogi Berra's famous remark, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." But speaking to reporters about the Iowa caucuses just two days ago, the candidate said, "I think I'm going to win."
Over the past day and a half, the former Massachusetts governor has backed off of that confident claim. At a press conference in Bettendorf today, he said, "I can't possibly predict that I'm gonna take first place in any particular state."
Whether or not he thinks he's going to win the Iowa piece of the nominating puzzle, Romney says he foresees himself as being the ultimate victor.
"I honestly believe that I'm gonna get the nomination for our party," Romney said today. "And I can't tell you exactly which states will come my way and what events will pull my way—what events will pull the other way—but ultimately I think I'll be the nominee."
Not that he'd make any predictions.