I asserted earlier one of the factors in Condi Rice’s endorsement of Romney was that she worked at the Hoover Institute.

Well, look who else endorsed Mitt at the same time:

Romney gets backing of Rice, Shultz at Calif. fundraiser

Mitt Romney was endorsed by former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and George Shultz at a fundraiser here Wednesday night, with both arguing that Romney is best suited to right the nation’s economy and standing in the world.

Shultz noted that he had served Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan, and knew both Bushes well, so he recognized leadership and he saw it in Romney.

“Look at these people, and you see they have good minds, not just intellects, but some sort of creative ability to grasp the depth of what’s going on and that’s really important and this man has that kind of mind,” Shultz told 300 people at a hilltop castle in this Bay Area suburb. “Then you find that all these people have the ability to identify long-term issues that you have to pay attention to.”

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The pair made their endorsements at a fundraiser in a large white tent on the lawn of Chateau Carolands, one of the largest private homes in the nation and a frequent site of GOP fundraisers. The 65,000-square-foot mansion has 95 rooms, sits on nearly six acres and its gardens are modeled after those at Versailles.

About 300 people donated $2,500 to $50,000 to attend the event. The campaign declined to say how much was raised.

Both secretaries lauded Romney’s education speech last week, where he assailed President Obama’s policies and blamed teachers’ unions for preventing needed reform.

Shultz called it “Reagan-esque.”

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This is the Republican royalty - Versailles class - lining up behind their guy. No surprise in that. Yet Shultz’s statements just don’t make sense - who are the “people” in:

“Look at these people, and you see they have good minds, not just intellects, but some sort of creative ability to grasp the depth of what’s going on and that’s really important and this man has that kind of mind, …

The LA Times report is not clear. Was Shultz referring to the other rich people there?