spann transferred $1 million. not to mr.ut to a pac being run for his benefit. there's a giant contribute button and some boilerplate comments about candidates. but it's really all about mitt romney. it is run by mitt romney's backers. they have had mitt romney solicit donations. it's a mitt romney gig. they raised more than $12 million in the first half of the year. and 1/3 of what they raised came in million dollar chunks from four sources. including the aforementioned mysterious w. spann llc, a company that seems to have done pretty much nothing besides give $1 million on april 28 for the better. of mitt romney's political career. on july 11, two weeks before this mitt romney pac had to file its report with federal elections officials, two weeks before that pac was to reveal its donors, this company shut down. its wealth transfer specialist lawyer filed this certificate of cancellation with the state of delaware. so whatever this company was supposed to be, whatever it was, after founding itself, submitting a single $1 mi

spann llc was created.t, the company filed papers dissolving it as a corporate entity. w. spann llc was created in march by a boston lawyer who works for the law firm ropes & gray. one of ropes & gray's longtime clients is bain capital, the investment firm founded by mitt romney. the address listed for w span llc in the super pac's sec report is 590 madison avenue. the real estate company that manages 590 madison avenue has never heard of w spann llc, but bain capital does have offices at that building. bain capital said in an email, bain has many employees who actively participate in civic affairs, and they individually support candidates from both parties. the firm takes no position on any candidate, and the entity in question is not affiliated with bain capital or any of our employees. but shady financing of his campaign and his current front-runner status in republican primary polls will all amount to nothing, because mitt romney can't win. joining me now is paul goldman, former chairman of the virginia

the real estate company that manages 590 madison avenue has never heard of w spann llc, but bane capitalave offices at that building. bane capital said in an email, bain has many employees who actively participate in civic affairs, and they individually support candidates from both parties. the firm takes no position on any candidate, and the entity in question is not affiliated with bain capital or any of our employees. but shady financing of his campaign and his current front-runner status in republican primary polls will all amount to nothing, because mitt romney can't win. joining me now is paul goldman, former chairman of the virginia democratic party, and the co-author of this political op-ed entitled "why romney can't win." thanks for joining us tonight, paul. >> my pleasure. >> paul, you have included romney in the following list. robert taft, harold stassin, george mcgovern, gene mccarthy, gary hart, richard gephardt, the list goes on and on and on. tell us how romney got on that list, and what it means to his candidacy. >> well, romney ran as we know in 2008, did okay. got abou