7-27-2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19015278
Will Mitt Romney's London woes hurt him at home?
Team Romney has long made it clear that the travelling pool - the journalists and camera people who record and monitor their every step - will not be allowed to follow them to the opening ceremony itself.
The London leg of Mitt Romney's much-vaunted foreign trip could hardly have gone worse.
It has even spawned its own Twitter hashtag: #romneyshambles.
"Mr Romney's message for viewers back home - that he connects with the leaders of America's allies and can be trusted with its interests abroad - lies in tatters
Is there such a thing as being not an honoured guest, but a dishonoured one?
If so, Mr Romney is one. The prime minister has dismissed his 2002 Olympic triumph as being "in the middle of nowhere"; a UK minister told Newsnight he would have no chance of carrying the Olympic torch after his remarks, and Mayor Boris Johnson simply mocked him.
The British newspapers are vicious this morning. "Romney slur causes stir - wannabe president in Games insult," says the Sun.
"Who invited party pooper Romney?" asks the Daily Mail, above a headline listing the "gaffes of muddled Mitt".
The Times is, if anything, even more savage. "'Nowhere man' Romney loses his way with gaffe about the Games" is their headline.
He's offended the British government. The British press have decided he is a knave and a fool. Opponents at home have gleefully leapt on his woes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19015278
Will Mitt Romney's London woes hurt him at home?
Team Romney has long made it clear that the travelling pool - the journalists and camera people who record and monitor their every step - will not be allowed to follow them to the opening ceremony itself.
The London leg of Mitt Romney's much-vaunted foreign trip could hardly have gone worse.
It has even spawned its own Twitter hashtag: #romneyshambles.
"Mr Romney's message for viewers back home - that he connects with the leaders of America's allies and can be trusted with its interests abroad - lies in tatters
Is there such a thing as being not an honoured guest, but a dishonoured one?
If so, Mr Romney is one. The prime minister has dismissed his 2002 Olympic triumph as being "in the middle of nowhere"; a UK minister told Newsnight he would have no chance of carrying the Olympic torch after his remarks, and Mayor Boris Johnson simply mocked him.
The British newspapers are vicious this morning. "Romney slur causes stir - wannabe president in Games insult," says the Sun.
"Who invited party pooper Romney?" asks the Daily Mail, above a headline listing the "gaffes of muddled Mitt".
The Times is, if anything, even more savage. "'Nowhere man' Romney loses his way with gaffe about the Games" is their headline.
He's offended the British government. The British press have decided he is a knave and a fool. Opponents at home have gleefully leapt on his woes.