A few years back, Mandark sent me a copy of No Apology to reciprocate my in-the-interest-of-informed-debate gift of The Audacity of Hope. He was sure that Romney would get the nomination back then and I owe it to him to mention that.
Admittedly, I haven't read it yet, but I plan to start this weekend.
I was totally ready to wager stupid money on Romney getting the nomination, and if it weren't for this I would have.
As late as this time last year, there were British betting houses that had him at 5-1 against. Can you imagine? Stupid nanny state impeding my right to contract...
He has been accused of car theft at least twice and made his fortune selling, wait for it, more effective car alarms. He lied about protecting Richard Nixon in a security detail.