Steven Pearlstein wishes "Bad Mitt" would go away and allow "Good Mitt" to be the candidate the Republicans need.
... These days, the Bad Mitt blames Obama for home foreclosures whose roots are in a housing bubble that began in the late 1990s. He also blames him for the rapid rise in global oil and food prices — the economic logic behind that one is still a mystery. I can’t wait for the speech in which he blames Obama for the Missouri River flooding.
Honestly, it breaks my heart to see what has happened to Romney. The Good Mitt had so much potential: the distinguished political pedigree, the successful career, the beautiful family. The latest Washington Post poll has him beating Obama.
The Bad Mitt jeopardizes it all by pandering so shamelessly and so inartfully to the Republican right wing. Instead of demonstrating the honesty and character to boldly lead the country beyond the partisan feud and the ideological holy war, the Bad Mitt reveals himself to be just another ambitious, poll-tested pol that no one can trust. It’s why he lost last time. And my guess is it’s why he’ll lose again.
I just hope he doesn’t take it out on the dog.
