Hey, I got my problems with Romney too but this article is just nonsense and worthy of a MSM anti-Palin screed (sweetened with an unhealthy dose of class envy too).
In isolation, perhaps. However, coming off yesterday's story of how he faked getting pinched in the rump by a waitress, it has the hallmarks of a pattern: clumsy attempts at populism by someone completely unsuited for it.
He needs to fire whatever idiot came up with this idea. If he's the one who came up with the idea, he needs to fire the advisers who let him run with it.