A READER EMAILS: “How come Romney hasn’t turned that firing thing into a positive talking point … by pointing out what a better state the nation might be in today if Obama liked being able to fire people more? Several come to mind. Geithner. Napolitano. Biden … Not to mention the fact that Romney wants the American people to fire Obama for underperformance. This is the chief executive’s job we’re hiring for. Firing incompetents is part of what we hire them to do.”

Technically, of course, the President can’t fire the Vice President, who’s an independently elected officer, not the President’s subordinate. But yeah.