Vice President Joe Biden and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney went to war on Thursday over foreign policy, upping the ante over an issue that has thus far played second fiddle in the 2012 campaign.
Speaking in New York City, Biden bashed Romney for lacking foreign policy experience. In response, Romney deployed a team of surrogates to talk with reporters about the White House’s approach to Syria and Russia.
Expect to hear more of the same in the coming months.
The 2012 campaign has turned the foreign-policy battleground upside down, with Democrats touting Obama’s decision to order the killing of Osama bin Laden as well as end the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Romney, who has focused his campaign on the economy, has yet to take the reigns on foreign policy, talking very little about the topic on the trail during the primary.
A Washington Post/ABC poll found a majority of voters think Obama is better positioned on issues of international affairs. The poll, conducted the first week of April, found 53 percent picked Obama when asked who would better handle international affairs compared with 36 percent who chose Romney. The same poll found 66 percent now think the war in Afghanistan isn’t worth fighting, another positive sign for the president as he withdraws troops.
“If you are looking for a bumper sticker to sum up how President Obama has handled what we inherited, it’s pretty simple: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive,” Biden said in what is becoming a popular campaign line.
Four years ago, Biden was seen as a helpful running mate to bolster Obama’s foreign-policy credentials. But speaking at New York University today, Biden told a room of students that Obama has become one of the strongest commanders-in-chief during his first term.
“I promise you the president has that big stick, I promise you,” Biden said after quoting Theodore Roosevelt’s “walk softly and carry a big stick” maxim, prompting laughter from the room.
Biden took a page from the Republican 2008 playbook and painted Romney as inexperienced on foreign policy.
“In my view, the last thing I think we need is a president who will subcontract our foreign policy to some expert at the State Department,” the vice president said. “That kind of thinking may work for a CEO, but it cannot and will not work for a president, and it will not work for a commander-in-chief.”
The vice president read back comments from Romney as a 2008 presidential contender in which he said he wouldn’t waste resources chasing bin Laden, adding jokingly that candidate Biden recommended following him to the “gates of hell.”
“We can’t say for certain what Romney would have done,” Biden said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75661.html#ixzz1tHBJT6cr
damn homie...put a PAUSE after that shit..
Speaking in New York City, Biden bashed Romney for lacking foreign policy experience. In response, Romney deployed a team of surrogates to talk with reporters about the White House’s approach to Syria and Russia.
Expect to hear more of the same in the coming months.
The 2012 campaign has turned the foreign-policy battleground upside down, with Democrats touting Obama’s decision to order the killing of Osama bin Laden as well as end the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Romney, who has focused his campaign on the economy, has yet to take the reigns on foreign policy, talking very little about the topic on the trail during the primary.
A Washington Post/ABC poll found a majority of voters think Obama is better positioned on issues of international affairs. The poll, conducted the first week of April, found 53 percent picked Obama when asked who would better handle international affairs compared with 36 percent who chose Romney. The same poll found 66 percent now think the war in Afghanistan isn’t worth fighting, another positive sign for the president as he withdraws troops.
“If you are looking for a bumper sticker to sum up how President Obama has handled what we inherited, it’s pretty simple: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive,” Biden said in what is becoming a popular campaign line.
Four years ago, Biden was seen as a helpful running mate to bolster Obama’s foreign-policy credentials. But speaking at New York University today, Biden told a room of students that Obama has become one of the strongest commanders-in-chief during his first term.
“I promise you the president has that big stick, I promise you,” Biden said after quoting Theodore Roosevelt’s “walk softly and carry a big stick” maxim, prompting laughter from the room.
Biden took a page from the Republican 2008 playbook and painted Romney as inexperienced on foreign policy.
“In my view, the last thing I think we need is a president who will subcontract our foreign policy to some expert at the State Department,” the vice president said. “That kind of thinking may work for a CEO, but it cannot and will not work for a president, and it will not work for a commander-in-chief.”
The vice president read back comments from Romney as a 2008 presidential contender in which he said he wouldn’t waste resources chasing bin Laden, adding jokingly that candidate Biden recommended following him to the “gates of hell.”
“We can’t say for certain what Romney would have done,” Biden said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75661.html#ixzz1tHBJT6cr
damn homie...put a PAUSE after that shit..
