Mitt Romney 'would be willing to work for Barack Obama'
/The possibility of Mr Romney being offered a government job or task-force during a second Obama term was raised by the president in his victory speech on Tuesday night.
"I also look forward to sitting down with Governor Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward," Mr Obama said.
Grant Bennett, who served alongside Mr Romney as a Mormon bishop in Massachusetts, said that his friend would never run for office again but could well be persuaded back into public service.
"If Mitt were invited by the president, he would say 'I'm an American. Can I contribute?," Mr Bennett told The Daily Telegraph. "Mitt's fundamental motivation is to make a difference for good".
Such a move would be likely to enrage Republican colleagues determined to block Mr Obama from implementing his plans. Alex Castellanos, a prominent Republican strategist, described Mr Obama's gesture to Mr Romney as "incredibly generous, but also incredibly smart politics".
