Romney’s greatest gaffes — so far

What was Jonathan Alter smoking when he penned the Newsweek puff piece on Willard? Anyway, you can add anti-rural to the Mitt we know list. Romney began his tenure on Beacon Hill by failing to name anyone from a rural community to his transition team in 2002. He has never visited small towns here in Massachusetts to understand our problems (closing the digital divide on high-speed Internet access, preserving the working landscapes that are the backbone of our farming and foresty businesses,etc.). This is going to come back and bite him when he gets his wingtips dirty in Iowa's hog feedlots and cornfields and when he campaigns in New Hampshire's North Country. Mitt's Commonwealth Capital initiative on "smart growth" is designed to screw rural Bay State towns that lack public transportation and commercial centers. My town has one general store. The rest of the United States will soon find out what we already know about Mitt and Sherry, they view rural America as a place to fly over on the way to their next fundraiser.

Here are a few more: 1) Can you tell me how to get to Belmont from here? -- Towards the end of Mitt's failed Senate campaign, he lost his temper in Dorchester after local residents told him it was Kennedy Country. Mitt noted some of the decrepit neighborhoods and said Kennedy could keep it it. If Howie Has a Problem, So Do I -- After Howie Carr discovered one of Mitt's judicial nominee's had been through a messy divorce, Mitt dropped her faster than a hot caffinated beverage. God forbid Mitt take flack from Howie Carr. But do they expect their governor to show up for work once in a while? -- In a recent Herald interview, Mitt hinted he may have been more effective as a governor in Michigan because his politics matched more closely with that state. We won't stereotype if you don't - Just last month, Mitt opened his remarks at the St. Patrick's Day breakfast by referring to the crowd as "a bunch of alcoholics."