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Mitt Romney sits at or near the top of almost every poll of likely Republican presidential candidates. He hasn’t worked hard for the distinction. While others swarm the early primary states, he has mostly stayed away. He’s the rare Republican hopeful not currently or recently employed by Fox News. In fact, he rarely appears on television at all. He’ll skip tonight’s Republican debate in South Carolina. And who knows? He may skip the next one, too. Romney has put the “invisible” in the invisible primary. Let’s give him his due: that looks more and more like a presidential-caliber decision. There...

Here is video of Mitt Romney on with Jay Leno last night where he discussed Sarah Palin with Leno. Romney called Palin a “qualified, capable person” who is influential “in my party.” Leno asked Romney as a former Governor if could have ever envisioned himself “quitting” during his term as Governor the way Sarah Palin did. Romney responded that, “No” he could not, because he “loved the job” of being Governor. “But she had her reasons,” he said. Romney closed his remarks about Palin by saying there is not way he is going to say anything negative about Palin because:...