Mitt a bullet
Every month or so we plug Governor Romney into the Googletron to see how his presidential prospects are progressing. And we’re here to report that even though his approval ratings in the Bay State are in the low 40s, Romney is doing quite well among the true believers and the chin-strokerati, who are essentially the only folks paying attention at this stage.
One headline on the political blog Red State: ROMNEY LIKED BY LIMBAUGH, O’REILLY, COULTER, MEDVED, BECK, HEWITT, KONDRAKE, ETC. Here’s guessing only the first two really matter, if even they do. We’re at the stage of the 2008 presidential race where people like Bill O’Reilly can say with a straight face, “I think Mitt Romney is the guy on the inside track that very few people know about.”
Bumper sticker: MITT ROMNEY. THE GOP’S BEST-KNOWN UNKNOWN.
On the other hand, The Economist magazine recently contained this: “Romney is a scarily perfect presidential candidate. He has handsome looks — a mixture of Ronald Reagan and JFK, according to fans — and fearsome intelligence.”
Then again, that big wet kiss appeared in a piece headlined MITT ROMNEY’S PROBLEM, along with the subhead, “Religious prejudice may yet undo the Republicans’ latest favorite.”
As they say, the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.
John Carroll is a mass communication professor at Boston University and a correspondent for WGBH-TV’s “Beat the Press” edition of Greater Boston. He can be reached atjohn_carroll@wgbh.org.
