Romney Bags a Golden Bear

Gail Collins in her Thursday column follows Mitt Romney in key swing state Ohio where, it must be said, he now trails by, oh, ten points.  At least voters there get courted, uniike most of the rest of us in this bizarre democracy where the vast majority of votes for president actually don't really count.

Anyway:  She gets off some good Ohio riffs, but Mitt's focus today was on getting the endorsement of golf great Jack "Golden Bear" Nicklaus.  Jack, Mitt's kind of man, says he chose golf because he didn't need anyone else's help and could build his golf game himself.  Mitt then says this "touches my heart."   But the polls don't lie.  Fore! dead in O-HI-O.