Romney-Brown 2012?

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After bowling with Mitt Romney yesterday, Scott Brown introduced his friend and mentor to the adoring crowds of CPAC 2010, which started today. As Brown said: "When I started my campaign, we could only hold our events in a phone booth, and he was one of those guys in the booth with me."

The strategy of the speech was clear: If you are a Republican who is happy that Scott Brown has derailed the President's health care plan, its all due to Mitt Romney. It was Romney who helped Brown make his email lists, Romney who helped him fundraise.

Romney began his speech by saying that he loves taking Scott Brown wherever he can take him. And Romney also tried to whitewash away his RINO label ("I'm usually considered suspicious at events like this...") by tagging himself to Brown: "Lets say something I never thought you would say at CPAC, Thank you Massachusets for killing Obamacare! Thank you attacking the Pelosi-Reid-Obama axis."

It may be too early for 2012 VP speculation, but its clear what the logic is behind a Romney-Brown ticket. If Brown can (somehow) remain in good Tea Party standing for the next two years (a hard task, no doubt) then he can be a crutch for anyone who thinks Romney is not conservative enough. How can he be a RINO if the guy who killed Obamacare campaigns with him?

Best Joke by Mitt Romney: You may not have heard this, but Lindsay Vaughn's gold medal has been stripped. (Audience goes silent) It's been determined that President Obama has been going downhill faster then she did!

Worst Joke from Mitt Romney: Obama's economic failure will be the biggest failure since Al Gore's invention of the internet. (In this humble blogger's opinion, I find the internet very helpful for my work.)