1||January 14, 2011: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is no stranger to the national stage. He won a number of Republican primaries during his 2008 presidential campaign, and in the end garnered about 4.6 million votes. While he hasn’t formally declared a 2012 bid for president yes, he has reportedly hired a pollster and a political director — and is widely expected to run.||newscom/Red Carpet Pictures&&
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3||Romney organized the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, after becoming CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the games.||newscom/Dean Rutz&&
4||Romney as a gubernatorial candidate in 2002 at the Massachusetts Republican Convention.||newscom/Picture Desk Photos&&
5||Romney in 2003 serves steak and eggs to veterans at the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans in Boston.||newscom/Picture Desk Photos&&
6||March 15, 2007: Mitt and Ann Romney on Larry King Live.||newscom/Prouser Rose/SIPA&&
7||February 4, 2002: Romney unveils the Olympic torch on the U.S. Capitol steps.||newscom/Scripps Howard Photo Service&&
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9||Romney and other 2008 Republican presidential candidates. From left, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Sam Brownback, Tommy Thompson and Romney.||newscom/ZUMA Press&&
10||September 27, 2007: Misti Weatherford serves Romney the “Presidential Special” at an IHOP in Natomas, California.||newscom/Brian Baer/MCT&&
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12||November 28, 2007: Romney plays touch football with his five sons and supporters at Flora Wylie Park in St. Petersburg, Florida.||newscom/ZUMA Press&&
13||Romney talks to supporters at a campaign rally at the CNL Center in Orlando, Florida.||newscom/Joe Burbank/MCT&&
14||January 26, 2008: Romney holds up two twin brothers at a campaign stop in Lakeland, Florida.||newscom/Ramin Talaie Photography&&
15||January 30, 2008: McCain and Romney during the CNN/Los Angeles Times Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.||newscom/Jim Ruymen/UPI&&
16||January 2, 2007: Romney at a campaign rally in West Des Moines, Iowa.||newscom/Ramin Talaie&&
17||February 19, 2010: Romney during his speech at the CPAC 2010 conference in Washington.||newscom/ZUMA Press&&
18||Romney at the women’s hockey game between the U.S. and China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
See more of our 2012 GOPer slideshows here: Tim Pawlenty.||newscom/John Lok/MCT&&
