Jay Cost writes about the Romney campaign: “Its problem is that the script changes are obviously induced by its standing in the polls. There is little subtlety to the Romney campaign. Too much of what it does is obviously strategic. The “flip-flopping” on the Mormon speech is just another example of this general tendency.”

Am I crazy to think that it wasn’t all Huck and polls? I think it had to do with another kind of poll — the push poll. I wouldn’t be shocked to learn upon hearing about those awful anti-Mormon calls, Romney said, “I’ve got to do something more to address this.”

I think the speech is actually a pretty cool opportunity for a candidate who doesn’t have huge name recognition, to tell his story, and introduce himself in a personal way, deeply entrenched in rich historic rhetoric. But I also think that it might be more useful for Romney in the general — to really introduce himself nationally. Of course, you have to get there first, dontcha?

I do wish he wasn’t giving it in the Houston area though. That’s cheesy.