By now, anyone who has ever coordinated an event has heard about the disastrous John McCain-endorses-Mitt Romney "town hall" in New Hampshire yesterday.
From the smallness of the crowd to the unfriendly questions to the malfunctioning mics and the oh-so-telling body language, this clown college sideshow will go down in the annals of Presidential campaigns filed under "What Not To Do." (We cats might also add that we've never seen John McCain, physically, looking worse. And that includes his famous "zombie" photo from 2008!)
Gee, the Romneybots are supposed to be a crack logistical team, despite their inability to count noses in Iowa. So we're a little surprised at this, but always grateful for the opportunity to enjoy a spot of schadenfreude. It's a hell of a way to celebrate that eight-vote landslide — and we're wondering how much the news of this "town hall" debacle will trickle down to voters in the Granite State and in South Carolina. Nobody likes to be associated with screw-ups.
Which brings us back to the question of Willard's endorsements. Specifically, did he have others beside McCain lined up for the immediate aftermath of Iowa? You would have thought so — since they expected to win and wanted a one-two punch to end all this primary-caucus silliness.
For example, yesterday would have been a great time for a neutral Terry Branstad or Chuck Grassley to hop on the Romney bandwagon — for the good of the party, and, fittingly, after their Iowa neighbors had voted. But all we hear from them today is crickets. (Or can we say "birds chirping"? We cats prefer birds.)
If the Romney camp did have that post-Iowa endorsement strategy, perhaps some of the people they lined up got cold feet. (Or decided to praise Ron Paul.) What other conclusion can we come to, since they've touted an unending supply of boosters they could trot out to prove that Willard is a "real" conservative?
Bottom line: Willard is not a "real" anything. But if the rest of his campaign goes anything like yesterday, he'll be in real trouble.
(PHOTO: Rod Lamkey, Jr. / The Washington Times. Don't they look happy?)
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