Another Collins column, another cartop canine.

It’s good to live in America.

New York Times columnist Gail Collins – who we’ve noted previously is temperamentally incapable of mentioning  Mitt Romney without adding “who once drove to Canada with the family dog strapped to the roof of his car” – extends her unbroken record in today’s piece.

Do you think Mitt Romney has created the bad karma that was responsible for the total collapse of the Boston Red Sox? Do you think that if he’s elected president, no blue-state team will ever win the World Series again? Do you think his favorite sport is really baseball, or maybe luge racing? Is there a way to work the fact that he drove to Canada with the family dog strapped on the roof of the car into this story?

One other question: When the rufferences become this strained, can Collins still maintain her streak?

That’s where the Seamus Sweepstakes™ comes in. Guess the date on which Collins will write about Romney without mentioning his cartop pooch and win an all-expenses-paid lunch with the hardworking staff.

Sorry, “infinity” has already been taken.