I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that maybe Mitt Romney should take seriously this shot across the bow by Fox News host Chris Wallace:

[Mitt Romney] has not appeared on this program or any Sunday talk show since March of 2010. We invited Gov. Romney again this week, but his campaign says he’s still not ready to sit down for an interview.

After all, for just how long has Mitt Romney been running for President by now? 2009?  If he’s not ready now to be play you’re-on-the-griddle with Chris Wallace then when the heck will Romney be ready?  When Romney’s trying for the nomination again in 2016?

I imagine that the temptation is strong for Romney – or his supporters – to shrug this one off, but I’d recommend against that, for a couple of reasons.  First off, it’s a bad idea for a candidate to start acting as if he or she is above the petty considerations and/or obligations of campaigning; even if the media lets you get away with it in the primary they’re unlikely to let you get away with it in the general*.  Second, specifically: Mitt Romney already has no reputation for bravery.  Being perceived as hiding from the Sunday shows won’t help him erase that problem.  Third, finally, and to draw off from the first reason: who the heck told Mitt Romney that he was entitled to act like the nomination was merely a formality, anyway?  He’s a former governor and a mortal being, not some sort of mythological figure.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

*Unless you’re a Democrat – and the Awful Example of President Barack Obama should show you the perils of that particular poisoned fruit.  If the media had smacked him around more, he might not have turned out to be such a… sub-optimal… President.