"Extraordinary Arrogance"

What do you say when you are a one term governor who can't win reelection but have decided to run for president? You say that you would win in a landslide if you decide to run for another term as governor. That way, you are free not to run (because who really cares about running if all its going to be is a landslide), travel all over the country and raise money while getting an early start on your presidential campaign, and tell all your critics who justifiably call you a failed one termer who couldn't get reelected, "Hey, I would have been reelected in a landslide, but I decided I was more important to try and stop Hillary and the other liberals like McCain and Rudy." I mean for a guy who spends half his time out of state courting hardcore conservative votes anyway, he's got to be kidding about not having made up his mind. Plus, if he loses his reelection battle - which every poll indicates he will at this point - he's damaged goods and can't run for president.

On a related note, I guess its not that far of a stretch for me to endorse someone named Tom Reilly.

Update (8/28) - Atrios cited chickenhawk Romney in the Herald (of all places) being very gung ho for the war, but not asking his sons to enlist:
"No, I have not urged my own children to enlist.I don't know the status of my childrens' potentially enlisting in the Guard and Reserve," Romney said, his voice tinged with anger.

Massachusetts residents can enlist in the National Guard up to age 39. Romney's five sons range in age from 24 to 35. Neither the Romney children nor the governor have served in the military, Romney spokeswoman Julie Teer said.
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"I don't think you should be so `rah-rah' for a war that you aren't willing to send your own family members to,'' said Rose Gonzalez, 30, of Somerville, whose mother, a state employee, was deployed to Iraq in January. "If he thinks the war is so just and so important and we shouldn't pull out, then he should encourage his own sons to go."