Apologies for the lack of recent postings.  I was overcome by laziness – and a lack of anything interesting to cover.  Now I have to make up for lost time.

We’ll start with RightWingNutHouse’s Rick Moran.  I recommend you read the whole thing.  Rick is usually pretty good about hitting them right down the middle.  He calls on Mitt to explain his “beliefs” in a Kennedy-esque type speech, especially in this paragraph:

Will Romney be forced into a similar declaration as a result of Mormon tradition and beliefs? Given the ink already devoted to this subject, my guess is that he will have to do so sooner rather than later. One thing is certain, he can’t keep ducking the issue. People would believe he has something to hide if he continues to refer to his beliefs as “private.”

Memo to Rick:  That’s just it.  Mitt’s beliefs are private, though I’m sure he’ll discuss them in a time and place of his choosing.

Continuing with the blogs, Captain Ed and the Northern Alliance Radio Network interviewed Mitt.  Audio can be found here.

There are several articles discussing Mitt’s position on abortion.  The most ineffective of them is written by Human Events’ Gregg Jackson.  Jackson seems to think being elected to high office entitles the office holder to impose via codified law his/her beliefs and standards upon the people who elected him/her to said office.

Memo to Gregg Jackson:  A President of the United States is the President of All The People.  The presidency is not a platform from which to render decrees.  The sooner you understand that, the sooner you’ll understand the weakness of one issue candidates.  End of Memo.

And here’s something that hasn’t got a lot of play in the MSM.  Mitt gave a speech at the 7^th Annual Herzliya Conference.  I quoted a bit from it last week, but I’ve given this speech this weekend’s Read The Whole Thing Award.  If you can find me another presidential candidate with a speech this detailed on an issue which will in fact face the next president, I’d love to hear about it.

Here’s a shocker:  Mitt’s facing more fire than other GOP hopefuls.  I’ve gotta hand it to the Salt Lake Tribune’s Thomas Burr.  I’ve only been saying this for the past month or so.  Howard Dean and his Band of Miscreants over at the DNC can’t go two days without releasing another “Smooth Talking Mitt Romney” press release.  Its simple logic – you focus on the opponent who poses the biggest threat.  The biggest threat to any democratic candidate at this time is personified by Mitt.

And the hits just keep on comin’:  Salt Lake City’s CBS affiliate KUTV reports that Jason Roberts, a “devoted Mormon and returned missionary” has created a website for Mormons who don’t like Mitt.  If you feel so inclined, you can go look up Mormons Against Romney Dot Org, but I’m not going to send Jason any more traffic.  He claims to have already received more than 100 emails, half of which support his premise – so I guess he’s doing just fine.  Memo to Jason:  Everybody gets 15 minutes.  Tick, tick, tick. 

Mitt’s on his way to South Carolina to make John McCain nervous.  That shouldn’t be too hard.

Even a union has good things to say.  Service Employees International Union’s Secretary/Treasurer Anna Berger commented on Mitt’s Bay State Health Care initiative with this byte:

You have to give him credit for it. He was willing to step up and do something.
 

You takes the compliments where you gets ‘em. 

And finally, it looks like the Boston Herald’s David Wedge can’t handle a man still hot for his wife after 38 years of marriage.  The fact that Mitt refers to Ann as his “Hot Angel” causes Mr. Wedge to cry “eeww”.  Memo to David Wedge:  “Eeww” is a term used by teenage girls.  Either you’ve picked up on your daughter’s lexicon, or you yourself are decidedly juvenile.  Your cheap shot, in my humble opinion, defines you in the latter category. 

That’s it for this weekend.