Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney seems to have finally broken his cycle of political unwinding and bad publicity with a move that will enhance his standing: he has declined participating in Donald Trumps debate. He says Trump — who can be seen these days with Newt virtually bowing down to him and acting as his virtual public relations person and with Gingrich asking about how could anyone POSSIBLY turn down a chance to “hang out” with Donald — didn’t take it personally. (Place your bets now on how long it takes Trump to blast Romney since Trump disses all who don’t kiss his ring).
Here’s the segment on Fox:
FOOTNOTE: Due to travel and some other matters I’ve been almost totally offline for more than a day. I hope to be online a bit more starting tomorrow.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.