Sure, President Obama has received high praise from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and, just today, the endorsement of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but Mitt Romney has now secured the invaluable assistance of the Springfield Republican Party.

In a video message from C. Montgomery Burns, the nuclear power tycoon and kingmaker offers the candidate a way to overcome "the one thing that might deny us the presidency that is the God-given property of the Republican Party." It's not the 47-percent video, the overseas bank accounts or even, as Mr. Smithers says, "the tax returns that even Wesley Snipes would call suspicious." No, no, no ... it's the harrowing tale of Seamus the dog.

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