Greetings from Kokomo County

Mitt Romney has a press release out this evening touting endorsements from Indiana (in addition to the supposedly huge endorsement of former Vice President Dan Quayle, who now lives in Arizona).

From the press release:

MITT ROMNEY ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL INDIANA ENDORSEMENTS

Boston, MA – Mitt Romney today announced additional endorsements in Indiana.

“This election is the most important in a generation,” said Mitt Romney. “Indiana has not been served well by President Obama. He has failed on his promise to fix the economy and must be held accountable. With the help of these men and women, we will put our country on the right path again.”

Indiana Elected Officials And Leaders Endorsing Mitt Romney:

· Jim Merritt; State Senator
· Ryan Mishler; State Senator
· Heath Van Natter; State Representative
· Mike Karickhoff; State Representative
· Ed Soliday; State Representative
· Tim Neese; State Representative
· Tim Fesko; Former State Representative
· Matt Bell; Executive Director Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana and Former State Representative
· Randy Borror; Former State Representative
· Dan Dumezich; Former State Representative
· Frankfort Mayor-elect Chris McBarnes
· Deborah Adams; Rush County Auditor
· Hal Slager; Schererville Town Councilman
· Jim Kittle; Former Indiana Republican Party Chairman
· John Hammond; Chairman of the 7th District
· Craig Dunn; Kokomo County Republican Chairman
· Bill Treadway; Vigo County Republican Chairman
· Tom John; Former Marion County Republican Chairman
· Mary Moses Cochran; Former Aide to Vice President Dan Quayle

I'm new to Indiana (only been here since I was born), but I don't remember a Kokomo County. Maybe someone can find it for me on a map.

It's probably next to the nonexistent Lee County, which was mentioned in a recent endorsement of Richard Mourdock by Freedomworks.

I'm reminded of criticism leveled at Mourdock and Freedomworks over that typo that would apply similarly to this situation:

It’s always amusing when national PACs and others with a casual interest in Indiana politics do a hit-and-run endorsement for a candidate. There’s always some screw up, like when they call us “Indianans” or when they visit HunTington and pronounce “Dubois” County using a French root... Who proofs this stuff? Most of the time it’s just an intern at a desk, kicking out boiler-plate pressers and moving on to the next thing.

Mitt Romney's already moving on to the next thing.

Like planning to run for President in 2016 or 2020, when his hair will look even more presidential. After all, Romney's been running for office (and failing with one exception where he had zero chance of getting reelected) for decades.