Mitt Romney Goes Monty Hall on Michigan High Schoolers: "Let's Make a Deal"

The "student" section of Mitt Romney's website seems to have evaporated into the interwebs, but the man himself was on the ground today in Michigan dispensing sage advice to high school students in an attempt to woo the youth vote away from McCain and Huckabee:

Romney was a bit less emotive and a bit more reasoned in his approach to telling the students what they could get out of high school. First, he compared life to the show, “Let’s Make a Deal,” from the 1970s, explaining that choices in life are all about the trades made.

“And the difference, however, between life and that show is that you know what’s behind the curtain. People will tell you what’s behind the curtain,” he advised. “You get to make a trade, but you make it with your eyes open. You’re not blind, and so you’re making choices now, and you will make choices over the coming years, and you know what the consequences of good choices or bad choices will be.”

Jeebus. I don't know what's worse, that, his youth fundraising pyramid scheme, or comMITT 2 the FUTURE - the now defunct youth operation.

Still, credit where it is due. The man got his clock cleaned among young voters by Huckabee in Iowa and McCain in New Hampshire. Michigan is his last stand and he's reaching for every vote he can get. Not a bad move considering that Michigan residents can vote in either primary and the Democratic race is uncontested due to intra-party squabbles about the nominating contest.

As atonement for this slow news day, I also offer this moment of Mitt Romney Zen: