Mitt Romney is the new Katharine Hepburn

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American poet, critic and wit, Dorothy Parker, once said, after witnessing a performance by actress Katharine Hepburn, that she: “delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.” Reminds me of Mitt Romney’s acting so far this election season.

No matter what subject Romney is speaking on, foreign policy, the economy, how rich he is, his words are delivered with the passion and tone quality of a furniture salesman. You walk into a furniture store looking for bedside table and within seconds you get a Romney look-a-like offering you a houseful of furniture at an incredible price. As you leave the store, shaking your head, he follows you, still smiling and offering a deeper discount than he did 2 minutes ago.

Who is this guy? He dabbled in Massachusetts politics, dabbled in the Olympic Games, but mainly he has been a hard-nosed business man, who would not have amassed a quarter of a billion dollars in personal wealth by being the one-dimensional character he projects in this campaign.

The Beatles were right when they sang: “(Money) Can’t Buy Me Love” but Romney is buying votes. According to Time 2012 Swampland Romney has persuaded about 3.2 million people to vote or caucus for him at a cost of $17.14 per vote. The Romney campaign and his Super PACs have spent $55 million so far, mainly in attack ads on Gingrich and Santorum. Perhaps this method of buying support is the real Mitt Romney. Realizing he has no quark, strangeness or sincere charm, throwing money around is the only way he can achieve his goal.

All candidates, past and present, love spending other people’s money on the campaign trail. If the campaign goes on long enough, in an off moment, its possible to get a glimpse of a candidates real personality, good or bad. But Romney offers nothing, no peek into his soul, just a boring rich guy who wants to be president.

Romney could win the nomination outright, but Gingrich will probably sweep the deep south states. The hard-nosed southern voters just don’t like Romney that well. How that dislike will translate when he has to run against Obama is hard to tell. Running against the president, a man who will have a financial armory to match his own, will come down to likeability. If the General election was next week, it would be an Obama landslide.

Who is this guy?

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