CALL ME SNAKE

Our so-called governor, who has spent his entire term in office campaigning for the presidency, finally came out of the closet, so to speak, and admitted that he is testing the waters for a 2008 presidential bid. But even when Mitt (Mr. Romney to you) admitted the obvious, he still did not say it flat out, in plain English. No, he had to continue his annoying, cutesy evasions by saying, "If someone said, well the governor's testing national waters, that's a fair characterization."

So now we have it: It would be a "fair characterization" to say that "Mister Mittster" (see June 4, 2005 post of the same name) is "testing national waters." (What by the way are "national waters"? Does Poland Springs qualify, or is it too parochial?) People in the state of Massachusetts, who've seen little of Romney, are not at all surprised by this half-baked admission. He's spent most of his time as governor vying for the spotlight in 49 other states--that is when he's not getting his hair done or otherwise preening. His main job, so far as I can tell, has been to travel as far from the Commonwealth as possible, advocating for the opposite of what his constituency favors. In that regard, he's similar to Bush whose extreme views (if indeed he actually has views) are far out of step with the American public. So while I'm inclined to write off Mitt's chances, W. has shown that anything is possible in this great nation and, if you believe, and I mean truly believe, your worst nightmares may come true.