Why Mitt Romney is choosing a political lane 'with almost no one in it'

Mitt Romney.
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has too many goals and too little time.

Well, too many budget balancing, immigration reforming goals to fit into one Senate term. Unlike how he rolled in as Massachusetts' governor, completed his agenda, and declined to run for a second term, Romney thinks it's "very unlikely" he'll finish up in his remaining five and a half years, he tells Politico in an interview published Friday.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.