[Iran Press TV] Willard MittRomney
...former governor of Massachussetts, currently the presumptive Publican nominee for president. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field. On the plus side, he isn't President B.O...
has clinched the US Republican presidential nomination after amassing enough votes in the Texas primary to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama
I inhaled. That was the point...
in November's election.
Voters in the US second most populous state casted their ballots on Tuesday, with Romney winning 71 percent of the votes. He is now facing five-month sprint to persuade the people to throw their support behind him in the November 6 election.
Texas' primary offered 152 delegates while Romney was only 58 delegates shy of the 1,144 he needed to become the Republican's presidential candidate.
"Our party has come together with the goal of putting the failures of the last three and a half years behind us," Romney said in a statement after his victory in Texas.
"I have no illusions about the difficulties of the task before us. But whatever challenges lie ahead, we will settle for nothing less than getting America back on the path to full employment and prosperity," he added.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, will formally be appointed as the GOP nominee in August at the Republican National Convention in Florida.