Romney Endorses McCain

Here’s how it goes down:

And now:

Many would liken the exchange to being the fan of an American League baseball team and when your team isn’t in the pennant race, you root for another American League team out of allegiance. But Romney’s support of McCain seems more like a Yankee-bashing Red Sox fan supporting the Yankees in the World Series after trashing them for the past decade. What gives?The scenario is a bit different, but Romney cited his Republican allegiance as the reason for quitting the race in the first place. He didn’t want the Democrats to have an edge by prolonging an internal battle for the Republican nomination. He realizes McCain is the to-be-nominee and wants to be seen as a key influence in uniting the party and citizens around him. I’m sure he also hopes that, should McCain get elected, his support of McCain will be credited with part of the reason he was able to make it.Most thought the proper thing would be for Romney to be silent, seeing as how he repeatedly questioned McCain’s credentials and decisions throughout his campaign. But, I guess Romney is trying to “take one for the team” so the Republicans can get re-elected. No single man is bigger than the goals of the party I suppose.

It’s an admirable thing on Romney’s part if you look at it on paper. He sucked up his losses… financial and emotional and supported his rival for the good of his team. But, knowing that Romney is a smart guy, he probably looked at it on paper before hand and said, “they’ll probably admire me for this.”

And so it happened. I have to say… as much as you could try to diss Romney for this and say “there he goes flip flopping again,” you have to give him credit for doing the right thing for his party. Who knows… maybe this will earn him the role of Vice President.

In any case… we’ll miss you Mitt… you made the Republican race a little more interesting.

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