Herbert Hoover Haunts Mitt Romney

Which Past President May Haunt Romney?
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney impersonator Mike Cote poses for a photo in his hotel near Times Square on September 11, 2012 in New York. As the US presidential election draws nearer, Cote and US President Barack Obama impersonator Louis Ortiz are both keeping a full schedule. AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/GettyImages)
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney impersonator Mike Cote poses for a photo in his hotel near Times Square on September 11, 2012 in New York. As the US presidential election draws nearer, Cote and US President Barack Obama impersonator Louis Ortiz are both keeping a full schedule. AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/GettyImages)

Herbert Hoover will spook Mitt Romney yet. That's the hope of Democrats and worry of Republicans in the 50-odd days left in this presidential campaign.

At a time when everyone hopes the economy will finally be changing for the better, the very mention of the businessman who was president when the economy turned so bad has the capacity to unnerve. The specter of the 31st president may haunt the Romney campaign, but not necessarily for the reasons usually mentioned.

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