Mitt Romney is the Peter Principle on steroids. Vocationally, he borrowed money, dismembered companies and fired workers, pocketing 20 percent gains. Romney apparently considers this job creation.

Mitt’s gift for job elimination under fire elevated him to Olympic status at Salt Lake City, where multiple cost overruns necessitated a $410 million government bailout. Leveraging this mess and his patented “trust me” campaign strategy, Romney persuaded half-asleep Massachusetts to elect him; the Commonwealth drifted through 0.9 percent GDP growth, 49th nationally, better only than Michigan’s.

...Romney leveraged failure at the state level to launch a national presidential bid as a not-so candid candidate...