Romney: "My wife thinks I should run"

“My wife thinks I should run,” he declared tonight in an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan. “She’s absolutely committed. She’s saying, ‘You’ve got to run, you’ve got to have somebody who understands the world of the economy, small business, who can create jobs.’ She’s convinced I’ve got to run. But I have to look more broadly and say, ‘Alright, Do I have a team necessary to do this?'”

Romney, continuing a whirlwind tour of television interviews to promote the new paperback version of his book, also talked up potential presidential rival Sarah Palin.

“I believe she is an extraordinarily powerful and effective voice in our party, that she has generated a great deal of support and attention,” he said of the former Alaska governor. “She’d be great in a primary process.”