“I do know that when my grandkids say, ‘What did you do to stop Donald Trump?’ I wanted to be able to say something,” Romney said, adding later that “At this stage, we say all right, he could easily become the nominee, probably most likely to be the Republican nominee at this point, but I think there’s a better choice out there.” 
 
 Asked by Borger if he regretted not jumping into the presidential race given the direction has taken, Romney offered an emphatic no and recalled telephone conversations with his wife Ann Romney in which she called the 2016 campaign “so degrading, so demeaning.” Romney also refused to entertain the notion of jumping into the race at a contested Republican National Convention this summer. The 2012 Republican presidential nominee once again called for voters to support whichever candidate has the best chance of defeating Trump in a given state, be it Gov. Romney returned to his anti-Trump talking points in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Gloria Borger, reiterating much of the message from his address last Thursday. Romney did say that he expects to endorse a candidate once a clear candidate emerges to oppose Trump, something the former governor said he expected to happen by the middle of March. John Kasich in Ohio or Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida.
– In case there was any doubt, Mitt Romney says he "can't imagine" endorsing Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee. The 2012 GOP presidential candidate says Trump, "is not a Republican in any sense of the word" and has "taken this campaign into a very deep gutter." Romney spoke to CNN's State of the Union in an interview broadcast Sunday, reports the AP, after strongly criticizing Trump in a speech Thursday at the University of Utah as dangerous and a phony. Trump that night had a difficult debate in which he made a crude sexual joke and was the target of multiple attacks from rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Romney continued, per Politico: "I do know that when my grandkids say, ‘What did you do to stop Donald Trump?’ I wanted to be able to say something. At this stage, we say all right, he could easily become the nominee, probably most likely to be the Republican nominee at this point, but I think there’s a better choice out there." Romney says he's not endorsing any candidate now, but might after March 15 when voters in some candidates' delegate-rich home states go to the polls. Rubio, who is from Florida, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich have said they'll stay in the race at least through that days' votes.