I Don’t Think A Veep Tap Was Gonna Help
By Kleinheider Posted on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 pmBut Bruce Barry thinks that Mitt Romney’s political career is now done for:
But lost in the understandable attention to the surprise Palin pick is the fact that this effectively nails the coffin of Mitt Romney’s presidential hopes. His feckless high-cost low-yield primary campaign made it clear that the only path that will take him to the Oval Office runs through the vice presidency. With McCain now giving Romney an ignominious brush-off in favor of someone whose public service has mostly involved elective office in a town with a population one-tenth the size of Passaic, New Jersey, it’s time for the Mittman to face reality and move on to his next ideologically vacant ambition.
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