Mitt Romney (ever heard of him?) is getting some glowing press coverage in the Boston Globe re: his hands-on Big Diggery — something very unusual for him.

Some of today’s “Under media glare, Romney shines“:

Since falling concrete killed a woman in the I-90 connector 11 days ago, Romney has become the undisputed king of the news cycle. Yesterday was his seventh press conference on the crisis, not counting numerous press availabilities after striding into the tunnel for a look, clad in a hard hat and safety vest.
The former corporate titan has portrayed himself as the Captain of the Ship of State, exuding confidence and promising a “stem to stern,’ independent investigation of the tunnels. He has mastered the basic engineering concepts of the repairs, and he seems seized with an almost evangelical desire to explain it to the public.