It's the new Mitt

Generally, it's too soon to be talking 2016, but I couldn't let this one pass without comment:

If he runs again in 2016, Romney is determined to rebrand himself as authentic, warts and all, and central to that mission is making public what for so long he kept private. He rarely discussed his religious beliefs and practices in his failed 2008 and 2012 races, often confronting suspicion and bigotry with silence as his political consultants urged him to play down his Mormonism.

Now, Romney speaks openly about his service as a lay pastor in the Mormon Church, recites Scripture to audiences, muses about salvation and the prophet, urges students to marry young and “ have a quiver full of kids ,” and even cracks jokes about Joseph Smith’s polygamy.

Rebrand as authentic? It reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live sketch from 1978 featuring Dan Aykroyd as Richard Nixon, plotting a comeback. I can't find the clip at the moment, but here's a picture of the Nixon character showing his suggested campaign bumper sticker to Walter Matthau, of all people:

It's short, it's sweet, and everybody wants to see it!

I'll just suggest that while Mitt Romney would have been a far superior president to the one we selected, I'm hardly convinced that everybody wants to see another campaign.