Sunday Talk: How about a nice game of STFU!?

When this week began, Mitt (?) Romney'slayer of Osama bin Laden'€"was coming down from a sugar high; but by week's end'with God as his co-pilot'€"he was soaring like the Hindenburg.

What happened in the intervening period to so dramatically alter his trajectory?

Well, it probably wasn't the constant lying, per se'people have come to expect that from him by now.

It's far more likely that, while an international crisis (of the non-shiny object variety) was unfolding, Romney's first (and second) instinct was to cravenly attack President Obama for things he didn't say.

And then, when called to account for his repeated lies, rather than apologize (never!), he chose to go all-in.

The consensus among foreign policy experts was that Romney had failed the so-called "3 a.m. test," and even some of his closest allies and surrogates were quick to abandon him.

But hey, at least he's still got Todd Akin and Vladimir Putin on his side.