'In the toughest place, Mitt Romney's done the toughest things'

That's the tag line for Romney's latest TV ad. What? Mitt fought off insurgents in Ramadi? He rescued victims of a Pennsylvania coal-mine explosion?

Because those would be tough things in the toughest places. But no, he balanced the budget in Massachusetts as required by state law. And that's why Iowa and New Hampshire Republicans should make him their presidential candidate. That, and he got some priest to look at him during a speech.

Oddly, the slide that proves that Massachusetts is the most liberal state in the universe shows only John Kerry and Mike Dukakis. I dunno, somebody seems to be missing. Isn't there somebody else rightwingers usually hold up as proof of our perfidy? Hmm, what's going on here?

Via Casey Ross.