The rise and fall of 'Mitt-mentum'

Relive Romney's 2016 roller-coaster ride, from rabid denial to rampant speculation, before gracefully going back to his bowing out.

Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee, talks with people after speaking during the Republican National Committee's winter meeting aboard the USS Midway Museum on Jan. 16, 2015, in San Diego.
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By Benjamin Landy, Benjamin Landy

After running unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2008 and 2012, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came within a hair's breadth of throwing his hat into the ring for a third time. But he told supporters Friday he would forego another White House bid, saying "I believe that one of our next generation of Republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as I am today, one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started, may well emerge as being better able to defeat the Democrat nominee."

Now, take one last moment to relive Romney's 2016 roller-coaster ride: