New York Times dogged columnist Gail Collins is growling again, this time about last night’s GOP presidential primary debate in Michigan :
Pity the Republican voters. They aren’t asking for much. They just want a candidate who’s really conservative but not totally crazy. Who has verbs in his sentences. Who didn’t drive to Canada with the family dog strapped to the roof of the car. Yet they’re still searching with such desperation that you expect to wake up some morning and see a headline like: “Poll Says Most Likely Voters in South Carolina Favor the Geico Gecko.”
Seamus vs. the Gecko.
Bakeoff!
Campaign Outsider 
If you read commenter #69, you’ll observe that other have taken note of this. (Now my patented Inspector Columbo imitation) Oh, and another thing: Romney had a shorter brain freeze too. First he said he’s been married 25 years; ooops make that 42.