Bush & Company

The newly animated, almost euphoric, Mitt Romney, seems to be brimming over with self-confidence as he attempts a tenuous balance between conservatism and moderation, all the while playing the part of a regular guy, just like you and me.

Meantime, Newt the Nice is abandoning his recent nonnegative policy as others attack him and he fights back; Newt, who never really intended to run for president, but caught the bug; Newt, who jumps from role to specious role as he determines the moment requires; Newt, who between Christmas and New Year's, displayed one truly genuine moment of honest emotion when an interviewer asked about his mother; Newt, who is on his way out.

Mitt, consistent in his barely wavering place in the polls, seems as ever destined for the nomination. We can expect, once achieved, that he will turn his venom on President Obama with relentless, unjustified tongue lashings from his mendacious mouth, the exact opposite of what's actually true.

The Mittster seems to have it made;
It's paying off, this game he's played,
Insisting he's a true job maker
When truth to tell, he's just a taker;

To trash the Newtster---just a blast
About his rival's scurvy past;
To trash Barack he has to lie
And doesn't even have to try.