Thursday, February 21, 2008

What Could Have Been

Via Josh Marshall, we learn that the Romney campaign (former campaign as it were), is playing the "if only" game:

ABC News' John Berman Reports: The remnants of the Romney campaign are shaking their heads this morning.

For months they were whispering about a New York Times investigation into John McCain's ties to a certain lobbyist.

They would poke and prod reporters to see if they had heard anything new about when and if the New York Times would publish the story.

On Thursday, while no one would allow their name to be published, several former advisers lamented the timing of the story, one suggesting, "If this piece had run before New Hampshire, McCain would have lost. If it had run before Florida, he would have lost."

This might have been a good candidate for the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate.