Flying Pink Unicorns

Romney quit today. McCain will be the GOP nominee.

I congratulate Romney for finally doing something right; he quit exactly at the time he should have-- after the results from Super Duper Tuesday showed everyone that McCain is the certain nominee. Its the first thing he's done right during his entire campaign.

Romney's departure reminds me of the old saying: if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Romney leaves no discernible imprint on the Republican body politic. He stood for nothing at all of his own, merely adopting positions he thought would be pleasing to GOP primary voters. He repeatedly said, "Washington is broken," but couldn't bring himself to criticize George W. Bush, as though some democrat had been in Washington for the last 7 years, and the GOP hadn't controlled Congress for the vast majority of that time. He stood for no outside the box thinking, for no rethinking of conservative principles. He ran away from much that he believes in.

The REAL Mitt Romney, the moderate reasonably successful governor, the wildly successful businessman, the guy who rescued the Salt Lake City Olympics, would have been a very attractive candidate for president. The one that ran in the GOP primaries was nothing of the kind.

Mitt Romney had a lot to offer American voters (though maybe not GOP voters...) he spent a TON of money and left no footprint at all. Goodbye Mitt, and good riddance. You stood for nothing and you won't be missed.