Nixon and Checkers

The only guilty pleasure in the Romney campaign is watching Ryan's conversion from a fire breathing budget behemoth into a lap dog for Moderate Mitt.  He cannot bark about abortion, or other social issues, for fear of scaring women.  He cannot whine about meaty cuts to popular programs for fear  of scaring independents.  He cannot poop into vouchers for fear of scaring seniors about medicare.  He is reduced to wagging his tail and staring adoringly at his master.  But there can be no Checkers without Nixon.

The blind ambition that allows Mitt to say anything, or profess any belief, to get elected, is Nixonian.  For those old enough to remember, Nixon had a secret plan to end the Viet Nam war, the key issue of his day.  Romney has a secret plan not only cut the deficit, but to pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthy.  We were fooled once.  But we will not be fooled again.