Photo ops

The Romney campaign is making a big deal about getting him out among the people to show that he really does connect with average Americans.  So tonight there is a series of eight photos reportedly taken today of him helping ordinary Americans do their jobs.

Here is Romney wearing a hard hat and tool belt helping on a construction site.   Here is Romney riding on the back of a street paving machine.   Here he is emptying a big bucket of fresh-caught fish into the fisherman's boat.   Now he's got on a food-handler's apron and selling sausage at a market.  Next up, he's helping kids with their art work in a day care center.  Wow . . . now he's helping garbage collectors load the big curb side cans into the big garbage truck.   Oh . . . most impressive;   Mittens driving a tractor.  Then back inside to help out at a Boys and Girls club with a computer activity.

With all the wardrobe changes and the travel time to the eight different work sites, I doubt that Mitt got in much actual work.

Just photo ops, obviously, trying to show that Mitt is really just an average Joe.  But in none of those pictures was a hair out of place or a shirt even slightly rumpled. 

It's not going to work.   But I guess they have to try.  [Note to staff:  next time, muss his hair up just a tiny bit;  pull his shirt tail loose.]

But here's the way to really do it:   Jimmy Carter would spend all day doing actual carpentry work, helping to build a house with Habitat for Humanity.

Ralph