I'm shocked, shocked to see Politics in West Virginia! Romney manager Beth Myers puts out this howler on Huckabee's win today in West VA: "Unfortunately, this is what Senator McCain's inside Washington ways look like: he cut a backroom deal with the tax-and-spend candidate he thought could best stop Governor Romney's campaign of conservative change." Hmm. Lotta message juice sprayed all over that one. Far be it for your Cardinal to delve into the secular world of West Virginia politics, but yes, it does appear a - gasp! - political deal was had. But one can also argue that you would want a future president to have the political skill to, at the very minimum, wire a West Virginia state convention. Not exactly Metternich-level work, to say the least. Welcome to the big leagues Ms. Myers.