As Michigan governor, Mitt Romney's father was a union-friendly Republican.

[Aristus]

3. George W. Bush and Mitt Romney have begun a new political paradigm in

American politics: the awkward, tone-deaf son trying to outdo a more moderate and gifted father.

The Adamses were different. As great as John Adams was, his son John Quincey was arguably more intelligent and gifted. He was a mediocre President, but instead of trying to outdo his Founding Father father, he saw himself as carrying on his legacy.

The Harrisons, William Henry and grandson Benjamin, don't affect this paradigm. They were both undistinguished political mediocrities.

But B*sh & Romney, by trying to surpass their fathers, only ended up making themselves look foolish, incompetent, and stunningly out of touch with the nation they craved to lead.