The race to the bottom: Romney in the lead

How bad is Mitt Romney? New polling shows President Obama ahead of Mitt Romney.

And then there’s the Navy veteran, a Occupy South Carolina protester, booted from a Romney rally for wearing a T-shirt objecting to Romney’s idea to privatize veterans benefits.

And really, Talking Points Memo asks, what could go wrong with the latest candidate boomlet — for Newt Gingrich. Baggage? Newt Gingrich? His middle name ought to be Samsonite.

Time to draft Huck.