With two weeks to go before the Iowa caucus, Mitt Romney tried to shore up the crucial late night TV vote with a brief appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Romney delivered the Top Ten list last night and for a guy who talks to people in public for a living, his performance was surprisingly wooden, even when compared to his previous appearance on The Late Show back in February. (That's right, it was his second Top Ten of the year. Perhaps the rigors of life on the campaign trail are finally starting to get to him, or concern over Ron Paul has him distracted, or maybe the jokes just weren't that funny.
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