A quick reply to Ramesh’s emailer on why Romney didn’t run for governor of Michigan: The answer is simple — he has lived in Massachusetts for something like 30 years. He did spend some time in Utah a few years ago running the Winter Olympics. Then he returned to his real home. He was born in Michigan and has family there, but he hasn’t lived there since the 1960s. So that’s why he didn’t run for governor in Michigan. Also, it’s not like this guy has been looking at a map of the United States and plotting his steps to the White House. Instead, Romney has conducted himself in such a way that many people are thinking he may be presidential material. As a consequence, he’s now considering a run. But it would be a mistake to assume that Romney concocted some master plan. Finally, Romney almost certainly won’t pursue re-election in 2006 and the GOP nomination in 2008. He will do one or the other (or neither).