Was This Smackdown A Little Too Early? [View all]

[ChoppinBroccoli]

These past few days have been some of the most fun that I can remember in a presidential election year. I always knew that Rmoney never stood a chance, but little did I expect that he might not even make it to the convention.

My question is the timing of all of this. Was it too early? I mean, the election isn't for 4 months and the voting public has a painfully short memory. If this is the biggest bombshell we have against Rmoney, then it was a tactical mistake to bring it out in July. So I guess what I'm wondering is if his REALLY IS the biggest thing we have against him, and if so, why not sit on it for another few months? And if this thing is a threat to knock Rmoney out of the race entirely (probably not likely, but a possibility that has been discussed), wouldn't it have been smart to wait until after he was officially the nominee? The Republicans could still scramble together behind someone else at this point. And that someone else might be a stronger candidate than Rmoney (personally, I don't see anyone on the right even presenting a challenge to Obama, but you never know).

I have to think that the Obama campaign KNEW that McCain rejected Rmoney within nanoseconds of seeing his tax returns. I also have to think that they consider their strategies much more carefully than any of us could ever really know. And to borrow a chess term, I can't imagine they would "bring out their Queen" this early in the game. So my instinct is that the REAL dirt on Romney is still being preserved in a bunker somewhere in anticipation of October. But I'm also willing to consider the possibility that they were all caught off guard by just how stupid the Rmoney campaign has been.

So what do you guys think is really going on right now? A happy accident they couldn't believe they stumbled onto? A tactical error? Or is this really just the tip of the iceberg and will pale in comparison to the REAL bombshell we've got waiting for October?