Mitt Romney is running for president!

Okay, you probably could have predicted that. But no one could have predicted how rough his first week as an official candidate would turn out.

Having announced his candidacy early Thursday, Romney quickly found himself fighting off criticism and fighting for airtime.

The former Massachusetts governor’s conservative credentials have been being questioned since his name entered the ring for the GOP nomination. Things took a turn for a worse when the questioning turned into an all-out movement to stop his campaign, led by Tea Party leader and failed Senate candidate Joe Miller.

‘In a matchup against Obama, Tea Party voters are looking for a consistent constitutional conservative,’ said Miller. ‘We will never get behind Mitt Romney. On issues like gun rights, gay rights, abortion, immigration, and health care, Romney has flipped more than John Kerry flopped.’”

As if Romney’s record wasn’t detrimental enough, his campaign seemed to have trouble just getting mentioned in a week that featured a lot of buzz around other potential candidates. One of those causing a stir was Sarah Palin, whose bus tour seemed to steal the spotlight.

Sarah Palin crashed her red, white and blue bus into Mitt Romney’s party yesterday, sweeping into New Hampshire for the final leg of her multi-day East Coast tour as he was in the state declaring his candidacy for president.”

Jon Stewart provided some insight into another issue overtaking the media.

As for now, Romney’s main defense appears to be his business experience, at least that’s his opinion.