Mitt's in the tank

The McCain campaign has considered putting Gov. Mitt Romney on the bottom of the ticket. I wonder if they liked what they saw:

While Mitt Romney's set of paid PR minions are busy pushing out Mitt for Vice President spin, McCain campaign insiders say that while it's true they have polled Romney on the bottom of the ticket, the data confirms that such a move would be a political disaster for the party.

"Mitt tanks the ticket," says a McCain insider. "We lose fiscal conservatives. We lose social conservatives. We lose Catholics. We lose evangelicals. All the groups were spending time and money on bringing into the camp would be lost. He just doesn't help us enough to do something like this, as much as Mitt might think we should. He doesn't even win us Massachusetts."

Reached for comment, Sean Hannity said he would continue promoting Romney on his radio show as the best choice for vice president, because he knows the economy and "might" win Michigan. 

All kidding aside, my first reaction to this was very foolish.  I got excited.  Then I stepped into McCainWorld.  In McCainWorld, staffers see this polling info and say "See, a conservative like Romney sinks the ticket.  We need a moderate.  A maverick."  So instead of going for someone like Gov. Sarah Palin, they'll go for someone like Gov. Charlie Crist.

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