On Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is emerging as the favorite in the GOP race for the White House. Except that he's got to overcome 3 issues:
1) His flip-flopping - he used to be a very reasonable politician for most in the middle, but switched (maybe) in order to win the GOP primaries.
2) His support for president Bush's policy in Iraq - John McCain, just like all major GOP candidates, has to understand that his support for Bush('s war) is costing him more than his poor choice of campaign staff.
3) His being at one time a corporate vulture - this is relevant in the context of the Left coming strong with messages about income fairness and similar topics that don't go well with part of Romney's non-political professional background.

As for the Romney's religion I think that
a) He's only got to overcome the resistance coming from the GOP base. In other words, if he wins the GOP nomination, his religion won't stay an issue.
b) If anything, it is us, the electorate, who have to make his religion a non-issue. This way we'd do ourselves a big service.

Presidential hope-foolwhat's wrong with limo-populists

Have a look at this John Edward's photo, taken by Annie Leibovitz and published in Vogue.

What is the presidential candidate doing? Hammering a nail on what seems to be a fiber cement plank.

Maybe someone should have told John that hammering nails in materials other than wood is a problem - the material cracks if hit by the hammer.

The recommended tool for such job is a pneumatic hammer, but of course that may not look manly enough for John.