Bush & Company

One way that political candidates humanize themselves is to trot out their spouses, especially when in critical straits. This is especially true of former Mormon lay leader Mitt Romney, whose mormonism dictates that he be the chosen member (as opposed to long-time rival, Mormon Jon Huntsman) of the politically ambitious Mormon church to occupy the Oval Office. His so frequently mentioned wooden image requires both the softness and the strong support of a devoted wife.

According to Ann Romney, she told Mitt, despite his firm disinclination, that he must run to save the country.

Newt Gingrich's wife, Callista, said she convinced Newt to press on, regardless of his fall in the polls.

Their purported efforts are perhaps superfluous. Newt's well-known baggage and dwindling funding countered by Mitt's high-powered business successes and the ruthless use of his enormous financial resources would probably suffice to surpass Newt, who stubbornly said of Mitt on January 2, "He won't get rid of me, he'll just slow me down."

Some say that it's a last resort---
The campaign trail is all up hill---
A desperate measure, if you will,
To scan the hearthside for support

And send the little woman out,
An urgent mission this, to tout
Her spouse's worth and to convince:
The lying pol's a real prince.

The unsung jewel of his life---
At times it's good to have a wife!

The newly animated, almost euphoric, Mitt Romney, seems to be brimming over with self-confidence as he attempts a tenuous balance between conservatism and moderation, all the while playing the part of a regular guy, just like you and me.

Meantime, Newt the Nice is abandoning his recent nonnegative policy as others attack him and he fights back; Newt, who never really intended to run for president, but caught the bug; Newt, who jumps from role to specious role as he determines the moment requires; Newt, who between Christmas and New Year's, displayed one truly genuine moment of honest emotion when an interviewer asked about his mother; Newt, who is on his way out.

Mitt, consistent in his barely wavering place in the polls, seems as ever destined for the nomination. We can expect, once achieved, that he will turn his venom on President Obama with relentless, unjustified tongue lashings from his mendacious mouth, the exact opposite of what's actually true.

The Mittster seems to have it made;
It's paying off, this game he's played,
Insisting he's a true job maker
When truth to tell, he's just a taker;

To trash the Newtster---just a blast
About his rival's scurvy past;
To trash Barack he has to lie
And doesn't even have to try.