It has to make Romney camp people smile to see the Huffington Post devote a second day’s above the fold, so to speak, homepage to the former Massachusetts governor. They could be going mad about Cheney and Rush , cheering Harry Reid on, recapping how BUSH LIED, or wherever else BDS could be leading them.

But instead, they’re all about Romney. His Q1 fundraising news get their attention? That he may actually be a viable conservative worry them? Probably.

Of the Republicans currently running, I think Rudy freaks ‘em out too and they’ve gotta hate McCain. But this Romney dude…he sounds like he might be actively against them on most of their issues. So they might have their real enemy in him.

Anyway, this was all a long way to say: after bungling the gun stuff a bit (joining the NRA this summer was silly, for starters), I think Romney’s latest line on Rabbitgate ( a “scandal” to which Spruiell says, “Who cares? “) is brilliant. As a city gal, I won’t have anything to do with a man who can’t kill a rodent.

UPDATE: Doonesbury has been on him this week, too.