CALL ME SNAKE

Today our ex-governor makes public what has been obvious to the citizens of Massachusetts since before he became our governor: Mitt Romney (after having spent most of his time in state office campaigning for what he he hopes to be his next job) is officially a candidate for president. You can almost see young Mitt in 1968 biting back the tears in the wake of his father George’s failed presidential bid and vowing to himself, “Never again.” You can almost hear George telling Mitt before the 2002 Winter Olympics, “If you build it, they will come,” and repeating those same words today, speaking metaphorically of Mitt’s incipient campaign. Romney clearly has the desire to be president and has shown himself to be a man who will say anything to be elected. The question now is whether that trait, and his anchorman countenance, will be enough to get him elected.