by Nomad
After what seems like an eternity, with a campaign filled with endless debates involving a fairly unimpressive line-up of Republican candidates, it still comes as a shock that this man, Mitt Romney, is the best that the Republican party could come up.
When the candidate's wife has to come before the convention as part of a charm offensive, then something has clearly gone wrong with the selection process.
Who's next on the rostrum, his great-aunt June and her bridge partner?
Romney's unyielding ambition to be president at any cost has finally landed him in what can only be an truly awkward position: attempting to defend the indefensible Republican platform for 2012.