Bush official heading up Romney transition team

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Gotta get the old gang back together, I suppose...

The GOP presidential candidate’s Washington team is intensifying its efforts, moving into official office space and holding meetings on Capitol Hill. The team has also begun reaching out to K Streeters and former Republican administration officials to get guidance on the Senate confirmation process and recommendations for jobs in a possible Romney White House. [...]

The transition is being led by former Bush Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, a fellow Mormon who is expected to play a senior role in any Romney White House.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81600.html#ixzz27PTgZsJV

[hrmjustin]

1. transition to what

[beac]

9. Regression Team would be a more accurate moniker.

ETA: not that Mittens will EVER have the chance to take us backward, sideways or upside down... all of which directions I am sure he would be more than capable of turning the country.

[Donkees]

13. Transition team

Transition team is part of the Mittiocracy movement

[CoffeeCat]

2. And they do this with a straight face?

They plan and schedule as if they have a victory in their future.

Do the people who have to listen to them just nod, smile and back away very slowly--similar to how you'd treat a lunatic with a hand grenade?

[Jennicut]

12. All candidates running for President do this unless they are the President.

Obama and McCain both had transition teams set up in 2008. You have to because it takes so much time to transition the govt. over after an election. But it is hilarious because Mittens is not currently winning this race.

[Webster Green]

3. The Romney transition team is the most useless organization on the planet.

I hope they waste a lot of their money on this.

[fearnobush]

4. We will all be forced to don magic Mormon under garments.

I guess the evangelical Christian Mormon bashers have no issue at all with this kind of mormon political influence.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Leavitt is rounding up his

Mormon buds to fill key positions in the new Willard white castle. They probably planning on building a new Temple on the Washington Mall.

[NICO9000]

6. I wouldn't be moving out of Utah if I were this "team"

What a ridiculous story. Probably being floated because they think it might influence some dumbos to vote for him since hey, he's already got his transition team in place!

[NCLefty]

7. Does the campaign pay for that?

Just curious :p

[dimbear]

8. It was a close choice between Leavitt and another guy named Takeitt, focus groups

agreed Takeitt was a bit too suggestive.

[davidpdx]

10. They might as well named Reagan's dead corpse

[Generic Brad]

11. So...it's a temp job

There is no way in hell that role will continue after November 6th.