david, i'm not running for president. i said that so many times. i'm not running and talk of a draft is kind of silly. >> political reporters nicholas is here and senior political reporter at the huffington post. good to see both of you. knick, you were out there in park city. romney insists he's not in. you believe. what is gained by fuelling this fire? oh, get in, mitt! >> this is a party without a dominant leader either on the white house or the hill. romney was the last contender for the white house. this is a way of holding together the thing that he built. the campaign structure, the money, the donor and have the structure somehow have some influence going forward in the party and in the 2016 primaries. >> is mitt romney sort -- has he emerged as the defake factor leader in the gop? >> i wouldn't say that. he built the most successful fundraising machine in republican presidential history. in the early part of the campaign, what you have is pieces of the machine looking for a candidate to get behind, whichever of the 2016 contenders can seize what he built will have a huge advantage in those primaries in the year and a half. >> who else was out