Mitt Romney: "I'm giving some serious consideration to the future"

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney dropped his biggest hint yet that he is thinking about once again running for president.

Romney, who ran in 2012 against President Barack Obama, told the Republican National Committee that the nation is in worse shape since Obama took office. While he didn't give specific details about his time frame for a possible presidential run, he did note that his wife, Ann, is in support of another bid.

"I'm giving some serious consideration to the future," Romney said, speaking at the RNC's winter meeting aboard the USS Midway. "But this I know, we can win in 2016 as a party in the House, in the Senate, and in the White House if we communicate a clear vision of where we are taking this country."

During the meeting, Romney gave a look into what will likely be the backbone of his campaign -- poverty and income inequity.

"Under President Obama, the rich have gotten richer, income inequality has gotten worse and there are more people in poverty than ever before," Romney said. "Under this president, his policies have not worked. Their liberal policies are good every four years for a campaign, but they don't get the job done."

Romney also took aim at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the likely 2016 Democratic nominee.

"The results of the Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama foreign policy have been devastating and you know that," Romney said, citing terrorism in France, Nigeria and Yemen as examples of Obama administration policies that haven't made America safer.

If Romney does decide to throw in his hat, he will have some stiff competition for the Republican nomination, possibly including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Donald Trump.