Romney to hone his foreign policy overseas
Next week, Mitt Romney will dive into a rite of passage for presidential candidates: the big trip overseas to burnish foreign policy credentials.
But for Mr. Romney, the question is not whether he can duplicate the euphoria that greeted Barack Obama’s foreign campaign swing in 2008. Even Mr. Romney’s Republican backers acknowledge there is no way he can compete with the images of Mr. Obama before 200,000 cheering Germans at Berlin’s Victory Column, or the well-timed endorsement by the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, of Mr. Obama’s call for a timetable for withdrawal of American troops just as Mr. Obama arrived in Iraq.
Far more important, both political and foreign policy experts say, is whether Mr. Romney will be able to use the three-country trip to Britain, Israel and Poland to establish a solid foreign policy doctrine that distinguishes him in a meaningful way from the president.
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Sounds as if Romney is going to rebuild the bridges, burnt by Obama.
OldEnglish on July 22, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Um, allies good, enemies bad?
Thing is, Romney’s unlikely to criticize Obama directly from foreign soil. So I assume this is mostly a photo op. Which, of course, also spares Romney the trouble of actually committing to anything.
Seth Halpern on July 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Expressing support for America’s allies is an implicit criticism of Obama’s foreign policy.
DKCZ on July 22, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Yeah, a doctrine that says that allies should be treated with respect and admiration, not distrust and contempt. Go figure!
thebrokenrattle on July 22, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Makes sense, overseas is where Obungler learned his domestic policy.
Thomas More on July 22, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Look at the countries Team Romney picked for him to go to. Israel, Poland and England all have either been subbed by Obama and/or threatened by his foreign policies. The idea of the trip is to highlight those actions and go to places where the public and the politicians know that they’ve been shat upon by the current president (the lefties in England will still come out to protest Mitt, but those people think they’re honorary members of the Democratic National Committee or the American big media outlets anyway — the country overall isn’t going to rise up in a groundswell of opposition to Mitt Romney’s appearance when they know what the other guy thinks of them).
jon1979 on July 22, 2012 at 12:02 PM
That shouldn’t be difficult in the least.
Buy Danish on July 22, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Funny how Obama went on a grand apology tour, supposedly to mend bridges with the people Bush alienated, only to turn around and burn all those bridges with every foreign policy decision he made.
Count to 10 on July 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Romney will probably burn more bridges, here at home. He’d better not think that foreign policy will save him, as it did Bush. I think that’s direction he’ll be guided to and take – focus on foreign policy so as to distract from his abysmal record on domestic policy, implementing, not eliminating, Obamacare.
rickv404 on July 22, 2012 at 12:20 PM
If Romney can keep from insulting those allies & from publicly opposing their interests, that will distinguish him from the President.
itsnotaboutme on July 22, 2012 at 12:23 PM
Facts are not your friend.
Buy Danish on July 22, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Why would AmerIcan voters care what foreigners think? This is not a right of passage. Who did this before the Marxist in Chief? This campaigning overseas should stop.
Ted Torgerson on July 22, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Romney to hone his foreign policy overseas
Yep! Because overseas foreign policy is SO important to American voters today. /s
FAIL!
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Projection is a poor replacement for research and actual thinking.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Like all of your comments.
Basilsbest on July 22, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Thanks so much for that eloquent contribution to the discussion.
What if Romney had stayed here? You would criticize him for that as well, wouldn’t you?
Tell us again why you’re voting for O’bama. I asked you this last week and all you did was call me nasty names.
Del Dolemonte on July 22, 2012 at 12:56 PM
OIC! YOU think foreign policy is what will excite voters more than the economy and 0bamacare. LMAO!
You RomBots certainly have lost your relevance.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Yet another irrelevant Romney supporter removed from reality. Who would have thunk it?
“What if Romney had stayed here?” And actually ran a campaign? That would be a nice change indeed!
When 0bama wins I’m certain you will again try to blame me/Palin/Bush/Cheney/etc… instead of Romney who cannot even take advantage of the Theater shooting and state that Mexico has the right to demand the people involved with the Fast And Furious debacle be sent there for trial in the murders of over 300 Mexican nationals.
BTW, talk radio was filled with commentary about the many people who are looking for another candidate for POTUS yesterday. Yes, Romney screwed up pretty badly last week.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:07 PM
HA! Your alleged “thinking” skills leave much to be desired. Earlier today you decided to cite pro-Obama talking points from the Associated Press – which was a great illustration of “projection” on your part. As to implementing ObamaCare, this is a factually false statement.
Any other idiotic comments you’d care to make? Oh wait! You just did:
Buy Danish on July 22, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Kinda lowers the bar re. what it takes to have decent foreign policy.
itsnotaboutme on July 22, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Proof? Thought not.
Feel free to keep your head buried in that bucket of sand while keeping your lazy boy warm. While you cheer Romney’s overseas efforts I’ll be busy at the grass roots level again. I am involved so I need to know what is happening in the Real World.
BTW, be sure to vote for the Danno Man in 2 weeks. I am on the ballot. /smug
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Romney 2012: Because overseas foreign policy is SO important to American voters today
Umm, I don’t think so.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:35 PM
My aren’t you important and self-absorbed. In your fevered imagination you’re right up there with Palin and you want Romney to try to take political advantage of a massacre. Somehow I doubt that Palin needs Romney to lose as much as you do. Cheering for Obama because Romney is not conservative enough for you is the very definition of insanity.
Basilsbest on July 22, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Mitt Romney on Obamacare…
So some similarities, some differences, and I hope we’re ultimately able to eliminate some of the differences, repeal the bad and keep the good.
sharrukin on July 22, 2012 at 1:41 PM
And you are not? ROTFLMAO!
Yes, I would like to see Romney run to win. Damn shame that his ardent supporters could care less about that, and are busy looking for scapegoats for WHEN their beloved liberal loses instead of getting involved at the grass roots level to assist their ‘man’.
You will always lose your arguments with me because you have no releance to offer. None at all, and that is perhaps the saddest thing of all.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Even Gingrich said he would keep the good parts of Obamacare.
Basilsbest on July 22, 2012 at 1:45 PM
no releance = no revelance
FIFM
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:45 PM
And you support THAT? Really???
Can you name even one good part of 0bamaRomneycare? Real Republicans would like to know.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:47 PM
So will Obama. Whats your point?
sharrukin on July 22, 2012 at 1:49 PM
He[?] has NO point. He NEVER has a point, just like a typical liberal, except to try to cast blame for his candidate being as lousy a candidate as he is today.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Which is more exciting:
Mitt Romney making a comment about the Mexican authorities calling for those involved in the Fast and Furious debacle, which armed Mexican drug cartels with fully automatic weapons, to be deported for trial, with him saying that they “had the legal and moral rights to make the request.”
OR
Romney to hone his foreign policy overseas
Which do you think would get him more votes?
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 1:56 PM
A. These are actually fundraising trips for his Presidential campaign. Even Obama had the good taste not to attend foreign fundraisers in person.
B. So far Romney’s foreign policy statements have been full out neo-con “Let’s be the world policeman” nonsense.
AngusMc on July 22, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Think again, azzhat. Here’s the “proof” (this is fun, like shooting fish in a barrel):
Buy Danish on July 22, 2012 at 1:59 PM
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1/3 the total post count.
Obvious leftist troll is obvious.
tom daschle concerned on July 22, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Excuse me for proving that I was AGAIN right when I predicted the 0bamaganda press WOULD cast Romney as being no different from 0bama.
In other words, TOLD YA SO!
OIC! Anyone posting at Hot Air instantly becomes a leftist troll if they aren’t kissing Romney’s ring, eh? Well, in my part of the country we have another term for that. We call it being involved!
BTW, where is your point that Romney running over seas while 0bama keeps chipping away at the false conservative candidate is a good idea? Without that you remain irrelevant. Like always.
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM
What part of Kenya? You must be tickled to hail from the same region as your hero.
Slainte on July 22, 2012 at 2:52 PM
Dayumn that was WEAK!
Willard? Is that you? /s
DannoJyd on July 22, 2012 at 2:59 PM
I was impressed to learn that when Glen Beck interviewed Mitt, he intentionally threw some interesting points to him, basically to trip him up .. re: the 12th Imam, and Glen was thrilled to learn that he not only knew OF this, but was clearly well versed in what it all meant to foreign relations, etc.
I didn’t read this complete article, but, does it say these are FUNDRAISING trips ? Methinks it’ll be more like ‘mending fences’ sort of meet/greets.
pambi on July 22, 2012 at 3:33 PM
He has two fundraisers scheduled in London during the trip, and one fundraiser in Israel during the trip.
AngusMc on July 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM
AngusMc on July 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Ok, thanks.
Goose/gander.
pambi on July 22, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Um, YOU fell for it hook, line and sinker, parroting their idiotic talking points.
Buy Danish on July 22, 2012 at 7:37 PM