Now that Mitt Romney will be flanked by the Secret Service owing to increasing crowd sizes at his primary events, he's going to need a code name. As is custom. "The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity, and tradition." 
 
 Thanks, Wikipedia! Now on to the fun of assigning a code name to the robotic Republican front-runner. Strictly for brevity and clarity, not mocking. 

 Hey Hunger Games creeps, now you can further disengage with the real world and emerge yourself in a fictitious world of Suzanne Collins' making. In anticipation of the upcoming film adaptation of the YA trilogy, visit the Capitol's website, or the "citizen information terminal." You can bone up on knowledge of the tributes, learn district population information, and my personal favorite, view a feature called, "tracker jack incidents." There is also, obvs, a countdown until the movie's premier (16 days, 11 hours, 06 minutes, 3 seconds). 
 
 So go, possessed tweens and inappropriately invested adults (myself included), and frolic in the Capitol's network.
– Mitt Romney has officially arrived—at least as far as the Secret Service is concerned. The elite guards have informed the Romney campaign that the candidate will begin receiving Secret Service protection this week, ostensibly in response to the size of the crowds that Romney's now drawing, and not due to a specific threat against him, reports ABC. While it's fairly common for candidates to have Secret Service protection prior to securing a nomination, only Herman Cain had thus far been deemed worthy in this election cycle. The decision of who gets protected when is left to Homeland Security, which consults with Congress. The move predictably gives rise to the all-important question: What will Romney's code name be? Some not-too-likely suggestions emanating from Twitter, via New York mag and Gawker: Outsource GailCollins Aqua Net BainGlorious Darth Helmet Not Gingrich