Rupert Murdoch: Mitt Romney was a 'terrible candidate'

Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch doesn't yet have a preferred horse in the developing 2016 GOP primary, though there is at least one prospective candidate he's not so keen on.

"I thought Romney was a terrible candidate," Murdoch said Wednesday night.

Romney, he added, "mishandled" his shot at the White House, and only secured the nomination after "destroying every other Republican with his own money."

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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.