The Boston Herald recorded part of MA Gov. Romney's news conference and captured the following exchange from a rival Boston Globe reporter asking a long-winded, meandering question about toll roads, during which Romney interrupts to ask "Do you have a point of view on this?"

The annoyed Globe reported replied, "L'etat, c'est moi" "I represent the people, Governor."

To which Romney retorted, "No, I represent the people, You represent the Media."

The guy has a gift. There are two things you should take away from this exchange, because they are typical Romney--he has tremendous situational awareness and a marvelous grasp of how all the pieces fit together. Then there is his famous charm. A lot of politicians, if they could have even dealt with the prosecutorial manner of the reporter, would have responded in a condescending manner. Instead, Romney has the whole room laughing with him and still manages to put Lous XVI in his place.

Redstate has a post up on this, and I found it uproariously funny to read this in the commentary.

Its always entertaining to see conservatives like Romney put these charlatans in their place. I am glad there is somebody to remind these reporters who they are, and what they really represent.

If you don't read Redstate regularly, you might not get the joke--the Redstate knock on Romney is that he isn't a conservative, or he's a faux-conservative, which is nonsense. Romney's not a reactionary, but he's definitely conservative. There simply is no such thing as a faithful Mormon who is also politically "liberal"--its an oxymoron.

Apparently, all is forgiven at Redstate.