So Mitt Romney says he doesn’t have a political career, a reference to his line on the campaign trail that he “didn’t inhale” politics while he was governor of Massachusetts and is therefore a political outsider.
This is a tough sell for a man who’s been regularly running for office since 1994.
In fact, there are few true political outsiders that the crack TPM video team can find so much footage of running for office.
Nevertheless, Romney says he is not a career politician. Just a business guy who tried his damnedest to get elected to office for nearly 20 straight years. Here’s a trip down memory lane, starting with today’s “I don’t have a political career” clip: