It's Not Easy Being Mitt

Poor Mitt Romney, stymied at every turn. Last week, the Supreme Judicial Court refused to tell him whether he could legally demote Mass Pike chairman Matthew Amorello, and this morning we learn that there are even more leaks and defects in the Big Dig than previously thought (Bostonist can imagine Mitt inside the Statehouse, shaking his fist at one of the east-facing windows that looks down Ashburton Place toward the John Adams Courthouse). Worse still, state lawmakers yesterday approved a law allowing distribution of the morning-after pill without a prescription, and Mitt must now sign or veto it, forcing him to take a stand that will hurt him either in the 2006 state election (if he nixes it) or the 2008 national election (if he lets it ride). And to rub salt in his wounds, conservative groups aren't even bothering to mobilize opposition to Mitt's nomination to the Supreme Court (despite Bostonist's firm belief that he would be a wise pick for W.). With all this and the gloomy weather, Bostonist can only hope that the Governor isn't doing what we would be doing right now if we were in his shoes.