Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

    A 38 year-old woman in Boston was crushed to death while driving through a new Big Dig tunnel leading to the airport, when a concrete slab weighing several tons fell from the ceiling and mangled her car. They blame the over-budgeted and shoddy construction that Boston's Big Dig is now infamous for. What do you want for government work?
    Massachusetts' governor Mitt Romney rushed to the scene as quickly as physics would allow. He threw on an orange, reflective vest, and marched directly and unflinchingly into the tunnel in a sheer display of bravery and proaction---you might even say that he appeared very presidential.
Romney told the press that people shouldn't have to drive through the turnpike tunnels with their fingers crossed (which struck me as unintentionally humorous). But I'm sure they are now, believe me.
    If and when Romney runs for president a year from now, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed the whole time, you can count on that. And I don't mean so he'll win.
    To his credit, Romney certainly is a charismatic fellow; I'll give him that. That's what scares me so much. Like when Romney was running for his first term as governor, and my father asked me why I thought that people would vote for Romney. "Because he's good looking," I answered cynically. "Right," agreed Dad---"He looks good, he talks good, and people are stupid, so he's a shoo-in."
    A while ago, Romney announced that he wouldn't be seeking a second term as Massachusetts' governor, because amazingly enough, he and his cabinet had already accomplished everything they set out and needed to do in a single term! Which was gain a minimal amount of political experience and look presidential for the 2008 election. They've already accomplished that remarkable feat. As a Massachusetts resident, I'm not your stepping stone, Mitt!