Mitt Romney will be in Washington, D.C., for a fundraiser at the JW Marriott tonight. (For interested readers with some cash on hand, it’s $1,000 for a ticket to the general reception, $2,500 for a photo opportunity, and $10,000 to attend a “policy roundtable.”) In attendance will undoubtedly be many of the dreaded Washington “insiders” Romney has been attacking, including “those who have been compromised by the culture of Washington,” those whose “soul is corrupted by a Washington culture,” as Romney put it Tuesday night in Colorado. We trust Governor Romney will avoid being corrupted by this brief venture into our nation’s capital.
And we imagine he’ll still emphasize to CPAC on Friday, as he said in Colorado, “I’m the only person in this race, Republican or Democrat, who has never served a day in Washington. In the world I come from, leadership is about starting a business, not trying to get a bill out of committee.” Which is fine. But of course as president Romney won’t be starting any businesses. He will be trying to get bills out of committee. And one reason voters are balking at Romney is that he gives little indication that the bills he’ll be trying to get out of committee will be particularly bold or helpful to all the actual working people outside Washington.
