MITT RISING? – AT 11:16 A.M. ET:  Gee, Mitt Romney seems to be everywhere these days.  And he's saying the right things.  You don't think he's planning to....  Nah.  Well, maybe nah.  From CBS: 

IVONIA, Mich. — A victory by Terri Lynn Land in Michigan’s Senate race in November is important to winning back Republican control of the chamber, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney told supporters during a GOP rally Thursday in his native state.

Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who lost the 2012 presidential race to Barack Obama, said it has been a tough time for the country since that election.

“It’s time for him to apologize to America,” Romney said of Obama, speaking to several hundred GOP supporters.

But, Romney said, “Help is on the way” in the person of Land, who “will make a difference in Washington.”

He then introduced Land, the former secretary of state who is pitted in a tight race with Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters to replace longtime Democratic Sen. Carl Levin.

COMMENT:  Hmm. That's a good line – demanding that Obama apologize to America.  I suspect we're seeing the foundation being laid for a new presidential campaign by Mitt, emphasizing the fact that he was right on so many things, and Obama, as usual, was wrong.  Mitt can run on the values of wisdom, experience, competence, and record.  It will be tough.  He isn't charismatic, and Hillary will suck the journalistic oxygen out of the room.  She's be anointed as the "obvious" next president.  But maybe the American people will wake up and surprise the pundits.

October 4, 2014