The Mitt Romney campaign says it is rolling out a new campaign strategy that will put more emphasis on policy and showcasing the candidate’s credentials beyond the economy and into areas like foreign policy.
While more specifics on his policies are something both the left and the right have asked for from the Republican presidential nominee, it’s not clear what kind of headway Romney can make in the month and half before election day (less for early voting), especially on topics like foreign policy where he has repeatedly blundered.
As Nicholas D. Kristof said on Jansing & Co. Monday: “Everything he touches on foreign policy, he manages to break.”
The New York Times writer penned a column this past weekend entitled “The Foreign Relations Fumbler,” which outlined Romney’s actions on the campaign trail that have been “blowing up his foreign policy credentials to be president.”
“The trip to the UK was maybe the best example,” Kristof elaborated on Jansing & Co. “That’s the simplest possible—that’s the 2nd grade test of diplomacy to go to Great Britain and he screwed that up…and the Israel trip likewise, and then just last week with the events in the Middle East.”
Kristof allowed that “everybody makes mistakes on the cuff,” but when Romney doubled down on last week’s condemnation of President Obama in the wake of the killings at the U.S. Consulate in Libya, the columnist said he found it “astonishing.”



Superb article, and truely outstanding segment on Jansing and Company.
Isnt Kristol the same guy who though the Arab Spring was a great uprising for democracy? I am not so sure about how good his judgement might be.
Kristof! Not Kristol! Oops! Nevermind... nothing to see here... move along.
Let's look at the facts: Obama takes office and declares he'll get the economy going. Result: $5 trillion of additional debt to the USA. Obama predicts he will get unemployment under 5%. Result: unemployment never gets under 8% during Obama's term. Obama talks about the success of his foreign policy. Result: on the day of the Super Bowl of terrorism, 9-11, innocent Americans are killed. The 12 people with computers in the Middle East are said to have incited the rioting in all the countris in the Middle East. Result: there are still only 12 people with computers in the Middle East but the riots expand to other countries. Fact: While your headline is partially correct, it should read: Obama as President: "Everything he touches, he breaks." Thank God I'm a Canadian because if this is any indication, the average American voter is clueless. But hey, 46 millions Americans on food stamps can't be wrong.