Romney advisers at odds over Libya

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Advisers to Mitt Romney are split over how broadly and aggressively to attack President Barack Obama for his handling of foreign policy following the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, according to top Republicans close to the campaign.

Some aides are arguing that the campaign has been given a huge gift: a new opening to argue White House failure and incompetence. “Across the board – domestic, economic and foreign-policy issues – President Obama has been outmatched by events,” said a Romney adviser advocating an aggressive response to the chaos in the Middle East. “He’s an observer of events, not a shaper of events. Everywhere you look, he’s been outmatched.”

And indeed, POLITICO has learned that Romney now plans a major speech on foreign policy at some point after Wednesday’s debate, probably next week. The speech will focus on “a failed foreign policy and how we arrived at this moment, where people are storming our embassies, [and] the Iranians are storming ahead with their nuclear program,” said a senior Republican close to the campaign.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81842.html?hp=t1

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...which will mean another 2-5 days of Romney NOT talking about the economy. Follow the shiny balls...

[wtmusic]

1. Considering Romney completely blew it on calls to remove Ghaddafi

he's in not much of a position to comment:

In that same National Review op-ed in April Romney said he agrees with former Ambassador John Bolton’s assessment that Obama set himself up for “massive strategic failure” by calling for Gadhafi’s removal. And in July, Romney was equally dubious about bringing down Gadhafi, saying “who’s going to own Libya if we get rid of the government there?”

During the Republican primaries, GOP rival Jon Huntsman accused Romney in October of being a “perfectly lubricated weathervane on the important issues of the day, whether it’s Libya, whether it’s the debt ceiling.”

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., jabbed Romney for his seemingly shifting stance on Libya last week during the Democratic National Convention.

“Talk about being for it before you were against it,” Kerry said. “Mr. Romney, here’s a little advice. Before you debate Barack Obama on foreign policy, you better finish the debate with yourself.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/mitt-romneys-evolving-position-on-libya/

[madrchsod]

3. jon huntsman...

the man who could have won the presidency.

[madrchsod]

2. let`s not forget the republican`s have cut state dept. security funding....