Will Willard Mitt Romney be the Republican Party's 2012 Presidential nominee? We cats think there's a small but growing chance that he won't.
Not only has the campaign seriously mismanaged the whole Bain-Capital-tax-return hailstorm — which now is growing rapidly into a derecho — today, Ann Romney stepped in with the most imperious comment any candidate (or candidate's spouse) could say:
"We’ve given all [the information] you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life."
Well, no, actually, you haven't.
We cats will try to ignore the haughtily Helmsleyesque use of "you people" and focus on the fact that the Romneys have been secretive to the max about their financial situation and how they live their lives. That's why lots of folks with "R" after their names have been calling on them to come clean.
So... what happens if Willard implodes? And if we Democratic cats are asking each other that over our food bowls, what are GOP insiders saying to each other over theirs?
They're probably panicked as all get out, because Willard is implacable and things are getting worse. Willard could announce a Vice Presidential pick tomorrow, hoping to change the conversation, and the tax returns still won't go away. So the Roves and the Kochs and the Murdochs and the Welches and all the other deep-pocket backstage actors who aren't in the Romneybot inner circle must be frantically conspiring, trying to come up with an alternate candidate they could quickly bankroll and ram through Tampa.
(We cats think it would have to be a fresh-faced Mr. Clean with impeccable conservative credentials — like John Thune. But we suspect that a few of the men behind the curtain have a soft spot for "Jeb!" The question is, have they discussed their Ron Paul problem? Or for that matter, their Sarah Palin problem? Neither of those losers is going to go gently into that dark night.)
As we said, the odds of this scenario actually unfolding are slight. But they get bigger every day that Willard says "no" and Ann says "you people." We cats PURR.
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