Sorry I won't be around to see the Obama/Oprah revue in Manchester Sunday but your humble blogger will be down in Washington, D.C. until Wednesday at a journalism conference focusing on -- there's no getting away from it -- the 2008 election.
In my usual Friday shameless promotion plug for myself, I enocurage fans and non-fans alike to read my Sunday Out on a Limb column in the print Seacoast Sunday or on seacoastonline.com. I consider a Tale of Two Candidates, in this case GOPers Sen. John McCain and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney who spent Thursday in very different places.
Regarding Romney and his famous speech in Texas, here are two contrasting views:
Peter S. Canellos of the Boston Globe called it a "political tour de force" in an analysis focusing on the leadership exerted by Romney and its 'presidential moment' greatness.
In my daily link, provocative blogger Chris Kelly offered a distinctly non-mainstream media perspective.
Where do I stand? Somewhere between farce and distinguished as Romney was impressive in an absurd context. I would have been more impressed had he told the holier than thou crowd that faith is a private matter and let them figure his out for themselves. He didn't and what resulted mostly was a lame recitation of the obvious and full of historical bull and religious cliches worthy of a Christmas card. I still don't understand why he felt the need to make the speech in the first place.
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