Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Republican Romney visits Middle East
Governor Mitt Romney, likely candidate for President in 2008, visited the Middle East this week, obstensibly "visiting the Massachusets troops". In reality, of course, he's building foreign policy street cred.
Yet it's not like he's breaking any new ground, taking the safest possible tack on the issue of the war in Iraq- "I've indicated from the beginning that I support the president and Congress and their decision to move in. I think we did inadequate job of planning for the post-major period of conflict. I don't think we had enough forces on the ground."
The downside for Romney? He's been out of state about half the business days of every month since the start of the year.
Perhaps necessary travel for a candidate, but bad press for a Governor. If he's goign to pay that price, he should try to get more out of it than a photo-op.
Yet it's not like he's breaking any new ground, taking the safest possible tack on the issue of the war in Iraq- "I've indicated from the beginning that I support the president and Congress and their decision to move in. I think we did inadequate job of planning for the post-major period of conflict. I don't think we had enough forces on the ground."
The downside for Romney? He's been out of state about half the business days of every month since the start of the year.
Perhaps necessary travel for a candidate, but bad press for a Governor. If he's goign to pay that price, he should try to get more out of it than a photo-op.
Mitt Romney | Campaign News | 2008 Election | Iraq
# posted @ 9:45 PM 
