Wake up Mitt

Guess Mitt Romney's trial balloons for a presidential run must have all popped. He makes the laughable prediction in today's Boston Globe that if he runs for re-election as governor of the Commonwealth, he would win by a landslide.

The only reason he squeaked out a bare win the first time is that the venerable Dem machine used up all its gas putting up that ineffectual whiner Shannon O'Brien as their candidate. He won in an environment where there were a legion of disgruntled party members who were cheated out of their best choice, Robert Reich, through their machinations at the primary stage.

I lived a quarter of a century in Massachusetts and believe me when I tell you, Baystaters rarely make the same mistake twice. Even Weld, who rode in on another dismal candidate choice by the Dems, had the good sense to quit while he was ahead.