MittWatch: Um, Should Verne Troyer Sue?

Usually, we run the MittWatch on Sunday to highlight the weekly highs and lows of former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But the latest news is just too wacky to ignore.

Mitt Romney has allowed the use of a Mini-Mitt on his website. Mini-Mitt appears when you visit the home page of Romney's presidential campaign site. A video of Romney starts to roll in the bottom right corner of the screen, and he basically hits you up for some campaign cash.

Frankly, if you're just going to Romney's home page expecting to perform the usual navigation, the Mini-Mitt will freak you the hell out. Our first response was, "Mitt's jumping out to talk to us! Thank God we're sober!"

Romney himself refers to this website feature as "Mini-Mitt," which might offend Verne Troyer, who is the one and only "Mini-Me" from the Austin Powers spy spoof franchise.

And, yes, Bostonist e-mailed Verne Troyer's representatives to see what Mr. Troyer thought. We haven't heard back. And, hey, any publicity is good publicity.

Screengrab of Mini-Mitt doing his thing from mittromney.com.