Brilliant connection, Mr. Orr. Possibly the most brilliant thing I've read on this blog. Subscription renewed!

Props. Just, props.

Obama on Romney: “That’s the kind of poorly thought out comment that lead him to drop out,” Obama said. “It’s a classic attempt to appeal to people’s fears that will not work in this campaign. I think that’s part of the reason he was such an ineffefctive candidate."

He's good at twisting in that knife. I have to be honest here: I prefer this Obama to the "Yes We Can" rock star. Not that he shouldn't reach out to Republicans and preach uplift. But a witty, wounding barb every now and then doesn't hurt

It took me a while to click on this link, but I'm glad I did. Fantastic observation. And what an absurd speech by Romney.

CFK, I'm with you, but I give Obama props for not twisting that knife until Mitt dropped out. That way it doesn't hurt him among Republican-leaning voters, since Mitt is no longer a going concern, but it still looks like anti-Republican knife fighting to Dems who want to see some blood drawn. It speaks to his legislative MO of keeping his options, and lines of communication, open with his opponents as long as possible to try to bring them on board. Contrasts with Hillary's default style of sticking the knife in her opponents' chest first and then asking for their votes.

Rosebud, contrast Obama's "Yes, we can" mantra against Romney's "No, they haven't" and you can see in an instant just how off Romney is.

Well...he DID kind of twist it at the debate: "Well, he hasn't gotten a very good return on his presidential campaign, has he?" This to me is one of his most Kennedyesque attributes, the dry wit. To be fair, Romney's goose was already pretty cooked at this point.

blackton, good call.

Absolutely brilliant Mr. Orr.

I could never muster up any real animosity toward Romney, but he appears to be just another one of those candidates who runs for office simply to sit in the big chair.  He doesn't seem particularly driven by any sort of real ideology except a generic brand of cultural conservatism (that he even managed to look away from in his Massachusetts days) and do-gooder-ism.

I suppose we can all huff and puff about how phony the act was.  I found it a bit humorous because it did seem to be obviously disingenuous at points and in an era seeking authenticity, that is going to make more than a few hair on the back of the neck stand at attention.

But beneath the act, I saw a guy who is a simple pragmatist who wants to do the right thing.  Maybe he should try to play an understanding dad to a bunch of rowdy misfits on a television sitcom instead of sticking around politics.  He certainly has the hair for it.

But I'll never forget the "bling-bling" snippet on YouTube (to me, the video highlight of the campaign thus far).  I am reminded of a quote during the 1988 Republican presidential race (that I think was from TNR) describing Pete Dupont as being so square that he made George HW Bush look like the Godfather of Soul.  Same thing here.  I'm guessing Mitt has a great White Guy Overbite on the dance floor.

Do Mormons dance?

I am a fan of Karen Tumulty's work but, as Jon Cohn also notes, her outside-the-box suggestion that