Mitt Romney's Secret Service Codename: Reader Suggestions (TWEETS)

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will soon be receiving Secret Service protection -- and with that protection comes a time-honored bit of speculation as to what his Secret Service codename will be.

A Romney campaign adviser told the Associated Press that the Secret Service will provide security for the former Massachusetts governor starting late Wednesday.

Rooted in Security
Secret Service codenames were established as a security safeguard, but today are largely used more as a matter of tradition and brevity. The Secret Service uses code names for presidents, their families and other prominent officials and locations.

President Barack Obama's Secret Service codename is "Renegade" and those of First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia are "Renaissance", "Rosebud" and "Radiance", respectively.

Codename: Cornbread
Former Republican presidential contender Herman Cain remarked in his book This is Herman Cain that his Secret Service codename might well be "Cornbread."

One member of my campaign staff, a young man named Nathan Naidu, insists that when I'm president my Secret Service name is going to be "Cornbread!" And in the meantime, he says, whenever he puts anything on my campaign schedule, instead of writing "Mr. Cain," I'll just be referred to as "Cornbread." Well thanks Nate! You’ve just told the whole world my future Secret Service nickname!

Your Take
The Huffington Post asked its Twitter followers to share their suggestions for Romney's Secret Service codename. Here's some of the best of what they came up with:

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Comments

[gracieallen234]

02:55 PM on 02/08/2012

I'd call Romney.."Economy".

[gracieallen234]

02:53 PM on 02/08/2012

Does Mitt get to pick his code name??

[slzigcox]

07:33 AM on 02/08/2012

Why is tax payer money being used for Secret Service when he is not the nominee and can afford his own security?

[deanmm]

07:23 AM on 02/08/2012

eraserhead

[Sheng Paule]

03:10 AM on 02/08/2012

Goldilocks

This one is not quite right

[Dusty Ray]

12:23 AM on 02/08/2012

UNDEROO is by far the best I could come up with, here are some of my other attempts, big britches, hocus pocus, mystic speedo, silver spoon, taco prophet, money bags, money tree, tarnished platinum, the baker, and of course Marie Antoinette.

[garystartswithg]

11:06 PM on 02/07/2012

Showershoes

[SmolderingRuin]

05:34 PM on 02/06/2012

Richtwit.

[SirCoolBreeze]

09:06 AM on 02/06/2012

So stiff they should name him "Waterboard". Or "Al Gore". .. (smirks)

[The Refudiator]

04:11 PM on 02/05/2012

MittFlop

[Kneeanderthal]

03:49 PM on 02/05/2012

"Brownback", from the dog-on-the-family-trip story. Of course, that one may be in use already.

[danny saunders]

01:13 PM on 02/05/2012

I like "Mittens" for a code name. I first saw it used of HuffPost but I can't remember where. Either that or Mr. Potato Head.

[Slysir]

12:36 PM on 02/05/2012

Banked-Fish

[SweetLou86]

12:01 AM on 02/05/2012

Vanilla

[bellaratta]

11:25 AM on 02/04/2012

Mayonnaise!