That's a Honey of a Nickname, Mittons.

When it comes to national security, John McCain is the big dog.

-- Mitt Romney

Sure, they hate Bill Clinton in the swing states and they can't abide him in the rural counties, but nobody's perfect. In the Gore campaign, the president is known as ''the ice on our wings.''

But just wait. That supercilious Nashville crowd is going to have to let Mr. Clinton do a little more than get-out-the-vote rallies and ads. They're going to have to let the big dog run.

-- Maureen Dowd, 2000

I wouldn't hold out for the VP slot, Mittons.