To show you how stupid the Des Moines Register was earlier: their GOP-caucus endorsement of Romney

[highplainsdem]

from last December:

http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/17/23902/

Sobriety, wisdom and judgment.

Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in business, public service and government. Those qualities help the former Massachusetts governor stand out as the most qualified Republican candidate competing in the Iowa caucuses.

Sobriety: While other candidates have pandered to extremes with attacks on the courts and sermons on Christian values, Romney has pointedly refrained from reckless rhetoric and moralizing. He may be accused of being too cautious, but choosing words carefully is a skill essential for anyone who could be sitting in the White House and reacting to world events.

Wisdom: Romney obviously is very smart. He graduated as valedictorian at Brigham Young University and finished in the top 5 percent in his MBA class at Harvard, where he also earned a law degree. Romney also exhibits the wisdom of a man who listened and learned from his father and his mother, from his church and from his own trials and errors in life. He does not lack self confidence, but he is not afraid to admit when he has been wrong.

Judgment: Romney disagrees with Democrats on most issues, but he offers smart and well-reasoned alternatives rather than simply proposing to swing a wrecking ball in Washington. He is a serious student of public policy who examines the data before making a decision. His detailed policy paper on the economy contains 87 pages of carefully crafted positions on taxes, energy, trade and regulatory policy, complete with 127 footnotes.

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Wow. 127 footnotes. How could you NOT support someone who included 127 footnotes?

And the idiocy continues, as they try to justify his flip-flops.

I really thought their endorsement of Romney for president today was one of the stupidest endorsements I'd ever read -- it reads as though it was written by a middle school student who clearly doesn't know the subject.

But their GOP caucus endorsement of Romney is just as bad. Maybe worse.

[hanzi88]

1. Won't make much difference to the race, only Romney

& the punditry will go wild with it.

[Tutonic]

2. Sobriety, wisdom and judgment

Well can you really say that Newt or RIck Perry were ever sober throughout the primary? Or that 999 Herman Cain showed good judgment when dealing with those 999 lady complaints? Or that Rick Santorum's views about women's right to choose showed true wisdom? That would leave the selection between Mitt and that box of crackerjacks called Michelle Bachman. At least Mitt the Mormon was sober. Also it helps that Bain Capital has a connection to the DMR.

[cleduc]

3. "His detailed policy paper on the economy ...

... complete with 127 footnotes. "

Does NOT add up ... even if you add up the footnotes!

[regnaD kciN]

4. And, of course, he LOST that Caucus...

...which suggests the DMR doesn't have as much influence as Fineman thinks.

[amborin]

5. K&R

apparently, DMR is owned by Gannett, whose chair is Marjorie Magner, of Brysam Global Partners, a private equity firm

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=31291270