PSA: The Republican Field

I've not been paying much attention to the sideshow that's the Republicans trying to find a candidate for next year. Sure, I was amused when Rick Perry couldn't think of the third agency he wanted to eradicate, and I'm appalled about Herman Cain making jokes about Anita Hill. And I do read Gail Collins in the Times with some regularity, and note with glee every single time she works Romney and the dog on the roof of the car into her column - which is to say, often.

What? You don't know that story? Someone in my office had never heard it, so maybe you haven't either. Here it is, direct from the original Boston Globe article:

The white Chevy station wagon with the wood paneling was overstuffed with suitcases, supplies, and sons when Mitt Romney climbed behind the wheel to begin the annual 12-hour family trek from Boston to Ontario...Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family's hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon's roof rack. He'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog...Then Romney put his boys on notice: He would be making predetermined stops for gas, and that was it.

Call this my public service announcement, because everyone needs to know that Mitt Romney once drove to Canada with his dog on the roof of his car.