Mitt Romney can't catch a break, but at least the kids are all right.

The two-time GOP presidential hopeful had no fewer than five big headaches in the 24 hours since forming his presidential exploratory committee for the 2012 election, but the Students for Mitt Romney PAC started circulating a 60-second video in support of the candidate that was right on message for the Boston-based presidential campaign.

On the day he formed his committee, a number of news organizations dumped all over him for debuting a new logo that looks strikingly similar to the tri-colored squiggle that Aquafresh toothpaste uses; reporters and pundits shamed him for recycling one of John Kerry's slogans, "Believe in America," from the 2004 cycle; and he took hits from Democrats and Republicans alike for Tuesday's fifth anniversary since signing universal care reform in Massachusetts, a pock mark on his record to conservatives. A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows him in a disappointing fourth place in the Republican primary race and tied with a fifth candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, at just 11 percent. And there was a story in Politico that discovered Romney telling potential donors in New York City that he just doesn't know whether the federal government can tackle entitlements.

Yikes. No wonder the guy waited so long to get in the race -- the knives are out.

Even Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour demurred in Washington during a session with reporters today when asked about Romney's record on health care: "Let Mitt have his day. I mean he just announced. Let him have his day."

So none of this dumping on Romney over the past day has come yet from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination; likely rival, U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, is still 18 days away from even setting foot on U.S. soil, much less attacking the front-runner, if Romney can be called that.

Still, there was one group that went a few steps further than Barbour and actually welcomed Romney into the race with open arms, the Students for Mitt Romney PAC. Led by Vanderbilt University student Garrett Sweitzer, the group issued a video in support of Romney that it intends to use in early states -- if the PAC can raise money successfully.

In the video, three college-age students talk about why they support Romney, and one starts out: "Will we be able to find work after graduation when some states have an unemployment rate as high as 14 percent?" Another points out that only 24 percent of college students had jobs lined up by graduation last year, and another notes that 3 million jobs have been lost in the country on President Obama's watch. So, one says, college students are supporting Romney because he has the public and private sector skills to rejuvenate the economy for their generation.

It just so happens that was exactly the message he wanted them to hear, because it's exactly what he said in his own video announcing his exploratory committee on Monday.

At least someone is listening.