MILWAUKEE — Former Massachusetts Gov. and potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Milwaukee Thursday.

He promoted his new book and held a fundraiser for his political action committee.

He also sat down for a one-on-one interview with WISN 12 News’ Mike Gousha for this weekend’s edition of Upfront.

Gousha: I’m sure there are people who say he’s obviously running for president again; he’s just getting an early start on it.

Romney: I’m doing what’s necessary if you will; keep options open. But the decision to actually go ahead with a presidential run, that’s not something that I would really contemplate until after the November ’10. At that point you begin thinking about what’s the right thing to do.

Romney: Clearly if President Obama happened to be doing a great job as I hoped he would do when he got elected, that would influence my thoughts. But he’s taken this country in a very dangerous direction, and that makes it far more likely that folks are going to think about getting in and removing him from office.

Romney: Look, the fact that this recession is going to end and we’re going to come out of it is something every economist in America and in the world has said is going to happen. The question is did the stimulus work as well as it could have worked, and the answer is no.

Romney doesn’t believe that the president deserves credit for the economic recovery.

He also called Obama an apologist for the U.S.

Romney said that his political action committee will use the money it raised in Milwaukee to support Republican candidates across the country, in particular a couple of key governor’s races, Wisconsin’s not included.

To listen to the inerview, click here.