Sacked By Visigoths

I've been debating whether I should write any kind of after-the-election wrap-up post, or just move on to the next really important things, like the upcoming season of The Bachelor, the first Jack Reacher movie and the holidays. I was leaning towards moving on, but when I see a phrase like "sacked by visigoths," in this article about shutting down the Romney campaign, my blogger juices start flowing, a headline is born and there's nothing to do but take to the blog and start typing.

Anyone reading my blog can deduce that I'm not a fan of Mitt Romney. I've had a lot of fun making fun of him, his running mate and his wife's horse throughout the course of the campaign. Still, I'm actually being sincere when I say that they all have my sympathy this week. It's not easy to run for President and it's certainly not easy to lose. One commentator on election night said that giving the concession speech as a losing Presidential candidate is the hardest thing anyone in public life has to do, and that sounds about right. It's also a brutally fast transition.

Up until about 11.15 eastern time Tuesday night, Governor Romney was a potential president, surrounded by a multi-million dollar organization, dozens of fawning staff members, cheering supporters, reporters hanging on his every word and a secret service detail. The campaign was so confident of victory that they didn't even write a concession speech, $25,000 worth of fireworks were waiting to be shot off over Boston Harbor at the end of the victory celebration and an "Office of the President-Elect" website was revved up and ready to go.

Then the race was called for Obama and after a phone call to the President and a short concession speech, Mitt Romney was back to being a private citizen. I read that he rode to the election night party in a 15-vehicle secret service motorcade; leaving the hotel Wednesday morning he and Mrs. Romney were in the back of a family car, driven by their eldest son. The secret service was gone and the staff had already started breaking down and packing up the campaign's offices.

So good-bye to the election of 2012 and on to other things. Who will Bachelor Sean pick?  Can Tom Cruise really play Jack Reacher? Are people really going to start their Christmas shopping at 8.00 on Thanksgiving night? All important to ponder and blog about. And if we start missing all the fun of a presidential campaign, not to worry. Articles about who might run in 2016 are already starting to pop up.