Mitt Romney says he built that

Other than insulting people in foreign countries, Mitt Romney's main focus over the past few weeks has been accusing President Obama of believing that government creates jobs, so when he told a crowd in Basalt, Colorado earlier today that he was personally responsible for creating jobs as governor of Massachusetts, it was something of a surprise.

"If you look on there," Romney said, holding up what he said was a report card scoring his record versus President Obama's, "see I, you know, obviously I got to do the grading today, which is very good. You can check up on me on this. Jobs. We added jobs. I added jobs. We've added more jobs than the president has in the entire country, but I added jobs."

Actually, President Obama has a better job creation record than Romney in Massachusetts, but that's apples and oranges. Compared to other states at the same time, Romney ranked 47th in the country in job creation while governor of Massachusetts, so Romney's record is certainly nothing to brag about.

But even if his record were something to brag about, hasn't the central message of Romney's campaign been that government doesn't create jobs and that politicians certainly shouldn't take credit for adding them? Or is that just another one of those Romney rules that he applies to everybody else, but not himself?