We've seen plenty of attacks on the spouses of GOP candidates recently -- and a recent effort to undermine a GOP candidate because of his daughter's MySpace page appeared to support another candidate. Now it appears that the MSM is out to make a scandal of the fact that the Romney family is supporting -- Mitt Romney!

They have driven here from California, Ohio, Canada or Texas, while others have flown from Michigan, Utah or Florida. There are aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, in-laws, nieces, nephews and grandchildren.

At last count, 96 members of the Romney clan, a veritable army, have arrived here over the last few days to help out at Saturday’s Republican straw poll, bolstering what is already a huge ground operation for the event that far outstrips the efforts of any other campaign.

Leading the shock troops will be Mr. Romney’s five adult sons, who have come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in their father’s campaign, giving speeches, holding fund-raisers, blogging and even weighing in on strategy, all the while helping their father paint a not-so-subtle contrast to some of his leading Republican rivals.

"Shock troops"? I'm curious -- the Kennedy Klan has been deploying for family campaigns for decades. Has the New York Times ever described them "shock troops"? And, of course, the Times finds it important to get in this week's MSM talking point about the lack of military service by the Romney sons, despite the fact that the only two candidates with children in the military are John McCain and Duncan Hunter. I doubt we will get similar coverage of Chelsea Clinton's six-figure sinecure working for friends of her parents.

Frankly, I'm surprised that this article didn't try to make much of century-old polygamous ancestors to make the story even more sordid. Maybe they are saving that for after the Romney victory in the Iowa straw poll.

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