"A Hail Mary pass at best" -- so says the editor of Lawyers Weekly of the just-announced plan by Gov. Romney to try some political wriggling to stop same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. If it weren't so evil, it would be just sad -- Romney wants to get the legislature (which just went through three contentious sessions on this issue) to pass special legislation to appoint a new lawyer for the executive branch (a hand-picked anti-gay ex-SJC justice, no less!) since the Attorney General refuses, on legal grounds, to push for a 2.5 year stay on the Goodridge decision. Yeah, that'll happen. I've said it before and I'll say it again -- Romney is desperate to win points with the national GOP by doing everything possible to stop gay marriage "on his watch," even if it means alienating the legislature and the AG, not to mention the people of the Commonwealth. He's hoping to pull a Christie Whitman and leave office for an appointment in Washington if Bush is elected again, i.e. to not even be around when the gay marriage referendum would come to a vote in 2006! What does he care?! What a jerk -- he fights tooth and nail for this bigotry, yet slashes education, human services, and public safety budgets without a blink. Bring on Tom Reilly for Governor!