Maybe Romney really is looking to do a big fade before campaign 06’? According to today’s Globe Decaf has been overcome by a fit of nuanced coyness about his re-election plans.
Instead of simply saying “Yeah I’m in” Romney is saying strangely passive aggressive things like “Plan on it” or “Plan on my being there”. This is an odd choice of words if you think about it.
Even if he declined to run in 2006, he’d still have to “be there” in order to jimmy whatever slaphappy loser the GOP nominated into office. In other words, he has to “be there” whether he is in the race or not. And just what the hell does “plan on it” really mean anyway?
We can plan on a lot of things, we can conceivably bet the farm on Hubert Horatio Humphrey rising from the dead and leading Custer’s Seventh Cavalry on a death charge up the State House steps for that matter. Doesn’t mean it will happen, “plan on it,” sounds awfully sneaky and disingenuous the more I think about it.
Who would Romney gin up to replace him? Kerry Healey, oh lord that’ll be the day! Mitt has made his bones in the Commonwealth stomping on women politicians of both parties, you can bet he will shove the Lt. Governor aside in favor of some feckless ass-hole when the time comes.
Of course all this may come to nothing. More than likely he will run. Romney is just keeping his numerous options open and doesn't care a fig if it makes him look like a greedy dishonest hack.
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