Mitt’s pathetic self-delusion: Why Romney will never be elected president

Mitt Romney's purported comeback is capturing the hearts and minds of the media. Here's why it's absolutely insane

JIM NEWELL

It is impossible to ignore the rumblings. Rolling in the streets, through the fields, across the mountains, down the rivers of this nation, there is a great shake. The air is different. There’s an electricity, a vibrancy, pulsing through the heart of each and every American. What is this feeling? Is this a signal from the Divine? Close enough, patriot: It’s Romneymentum.

We at Salon Dot Com began feeling the surge on Thursday afternoon, a sudden change of barometric pressure unrelated to the weather. And then it landed in the form of an email from NBC News, announcing the most stunning journalistic coup of this young century: “EXCLUSIVE: MITT ROMNEY ON ‘MEET THE PRESS.’” How did NBC News pull this off? It’s not every day that you land an #exclu with the top politician since at least Abraham Lincoln. NBC News would not respond to a query from Salon, so credit this one to a miracle.

“Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney joins David Gregory for an exclusive interview live from his E2 Summit in Park City, Utah where the biggest names in the Republican Party are gathering on the heels of Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning defeat,” the announcement read. “What does this all mean for the GOP and 2014? And who does Romney think can beat Hillary Clinton as she weighs a run for the White House?”

Well, we hardly had to wait for yesterday’s interview to air to learn who could beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. The answer, of course, is Mitt Romney. Don’t believe us? Then hear it from that other most consequential kingmaker in right-wing politics today, MSNBC coffee chat host Joe Scarborough:

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