There's been a lot of chin-stroking this week over Mitt Romney's
first TV ad of the cycle. I, the self-appointed World Mitterology
Expert, naturally believe that the episode ties directly into things
I've been saying for a very long time about Romney, politics,
advertising, and news media, so I will now pontificate.
The gist
is: Romney represents a great leap forward in the corporatization of
politics, and the political world is not ready to deal with it.