Mitt's-Off the Shunning

I am so terribly excited today. Not really. How can anyone in the States be excited over the bland GOP race to the finish (in more ways than one) now that Mr. Ricky-Icky Santorum is giving equally Icky-Mitty Romney a run for more money in the less-than-a-week-away New Hampshire primary? I mean, please! The electability of Santorum is approximately as strong as Ron Paul's chances have been over the months.

With snooty-Newt falling off the radar and Michelle Bachmann finally listening to the sane God-voices in her head (as opposed to husband Marcus' whispers in the night when he tip-toes through the true-lisps in his dreams), to end her delusional campaign, it's all but carved in the crumbling stones of the dysfunctional GOP that Romney will be their man.

And good for that, I say. We "know" he is a Closet Moderate despite his attempts to rise into the pious atmosphere of Bible-thumpers who really don't want anything to do with him. But he tries. Has anyone noticed the "New Mitt" of late? His hair no longer remains perfectly in place while he shakes the hands of the masses. A few strands fall into his face. His once-starched shirts are a tad rumpled; the sleeves are rolled-up ala the de rigueur working-man state-of-quasi-disrepair. You go, Mitt! We know you are just like the 99%. You are a "regular guy."

Yup. Hiccup.

Okay, a few of you may sneer in my direction. How about Obama? Is he a True Liberal? No. He never was. Had anyone truly paid attention to what he said during his campaign in 2008, they would have noticed that he openly declared admiration for Ronald Reagan. That should have been a hint right there. I would not stretch it out that he is a Closet Republican. Just that he was and has been far more of a Moderate than many expected. In addition, several of his slight-of-hand moves have held a taint of Republican leanings.

BUT, as I wrote in 2010 in explanation to an Canadian acquaintance, Mr. Obama has done quite a lot of good in less time than most presidents. That is, until the Tea Party Crazies jumped into Congress, blocking every single bill, appointment and idea, showing the world how petty narrow-minded politicians can be in the name of ideology and not the economy.

Because, the truth is, it's always the economy, stupid!

Therein is the challenge for Mr. Perfect Romney when he eventually gets his never-calloused mitts on the GOP's babel-gavel. After that occurs, we'll see our Usual Mitt in his spiffy knits.

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