YES, WE WILL HAVE ROMNEY TO KICK AROUND SOME MORE

When I woke up this morning I turned on CNN, they had an earnest but terminally light intern interviewing Mitt Romney. She played the famous clip from the Daily Show where Bush can't believe that the price of gas is heading for $4/gallon, and then refers to Jon Stewart as Jon Daly. So my day started with an earnest boob interviewing a deceptive boob. The intern boob got the best of the zombie-like Romney, who was struggling to stay on message. Why would Romney care about defending McCain's and Bush's economic policies? Well, he's the one-- Rove and Bush are insisting he be chosen as Maverick's running mate.

McCain can't stand being in the same room with Mitt, but he knows he needs someone who can make a plausible case that he understands the economy (since he's already admitted he doesn't). And insofar as being a manager of a predatory capital firm, and getting very rich in the process, confuses some people into assuming you're an economic whiz, Romney fits the bill. Besides, who understands the housing crisis so many Americans are going through better than someone who has just bought a new home himself? And at $12 million-- what a bargain! And what absolute proof that he's in touch-- like the McCains-- with the basic problems plaguing American families. I guess the strategy will be for military expert McCain to claim his and Bush's stay-the-course policies in Iraq are winning the way while Romney claims his stay-the-course economic strategies are leading to light at the end of the tunnel. Watch McCain lying this morning about how we're winning in Iraq: