The video, which is trending on Twitter at this moment (Mitt Romney’s $5), says it like it is:

Anyone who wants to see will easily see that Rmoney has no other agenda outside of cutting taxes for the rich. That is his entire political project.

As for the Clintons, they are clearly setting the tone and frame for the debate. As for history, it’s not an accident that Rmoney has no notable living GOP figure to give his candidacy a sense of depth and continuity. He has to cut completely from the recent past, and reference instead the ghosts of the grand old party.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...