April 4, 2007 10:02AM 

# Doesn’t He Look “Presidential”? 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Mitt Romney on the campaign trail yesterday.

![Media Name: romney_300.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/download-remote-images/www.cato.org/178668511554/romney_300.jpg?itok=KY3rTYW0) 

(Photo from today’s *New York Times.*)

Pop quiz: How many federal officials were visiting school children when our country was attacked on 9/11?

Answer: The exact number is probably classified. But we know that President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft were playing teacher that morning.

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