Gary: A Friend In Need? Romney No Real Friend of Craig’s

On Aug. 20, U.S. Sen. Larry Craig extolled the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney at an editorial board meeting with The Spokesman-Review. A week later, he was tossed from the campaign bus when the bathroom-stall story broke. At first, the Romney camp merely issued a brief statement saying that Craig was leaving as co-chairman of the Idaho team. But, it seems, being classy doesn’t win many votes. So, like the movie “The Trouble with Harry,” he dug up Craig and buried him … again and again. On Tuesday, Romney said he was “very disappointed” and worked in the all-important Clinton reference: “I think it reminds us of Mark Foley and Bill Clinton.” On Thursday, Romney told the Associated Press how the scandal has challenged him: “You’ll always have surprises. That’s the nature of humanity. People sometimes disappoint, and then the question is, ‘How do you respond to that?’ “By capitalizing, of course! So he goes on to say that Craig’s behavior was “disgraceful.” Hey, we get the point, Mr. Romney, you want to be president, and if it means scoring points off a devastated friend, well, that’s the nature of your humanity/Gary Crooks, Spokesman-Review.

Question: Have you changed your opinion of Mitt Romney after he threw Craig under the bus so quickly?