Mitt's End Begins

On returning from vacation, I was greeted by the spectacle of Mitt Romney committing political suicide by attacking Obama’s foreign policy, in the most personal terms, during an ongoing crisis involving the murder of the American ambassador to Libya and three embassy co-workers by Muslim extremists. Talk about tone deaf. The polls show Obama surging into strong leads nationwide and, most importantly, in the battleground states of Virginia, Florida and Ohio, which the Romney team must win to have any chance of gaining the White House.

Mitt Romney’s future’s looking grim:

He climbed way out upon a limb

And claimed Obama is so weak

He apologized to those who seek

To harm our people overseas -

His tendency is to appease.

But he misjudged the nation’s mood

And looks a little bit unglued;

A selfish point he tried to make

With tragedy and death at stake.

The leaders of the GOP

Are wondering how Mitt could be,

With such an issue to exploit,

So blundering and maladroit.

The recent polls have shown quite clearly

Mitt’s mistakes have cost him dearly

In Florida, Ohio too,

The numbers say Mitt might be through -

He can’t afford to lose these states

His mission’s now in dire straits.

What can he do to turn around

his numbers in a sharp rebound?

To keep his polls from heading south

He must be sure to shut his mouth

Or any statement he might make

Could be another bad mistake.

His hopes it seems would largely rest

On qualities that are his best -

He’ll hope that voters will embrace

His splendid hair and pretty face.