uni latterly. mitt romney told the associated press, quote, it s not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person. his weakness on foreign policy has just gotten worse. today, for example, romney gave a speech trying to sell himself as incredible commander in chief but his list of missteps is unprecedented. his disstrous british trip. he was labeled mitt the twit, calling the operation that led to gadhafi s death a mission
look at capitol hill. we still have andrea mitchell and the game-change boys with us. time now for the must-read opinion pages. we re going to read from nick christoph and the new york times sunday section. it s entitled the foreign relations fumbler. the essential problem is that every time romney touches foreign policy, he breaks things. he went on a friendly trip to britain, the easiest possible test for a candidate, akin to rolling off a log. and endeared himself by questioning london s readiness to host the olympic games. in the resulting firestorm, one newspaper, the sun, denounced mitt the twit. christoph goes on to name a few other countries he went to and had problems. then he goes on to say most dangerous of all, romney s policy on iran, which can t be dismissed as an offhand misstatement. as my colleagues note, romney mul muddled his own position on the nuclear red line for iran. plenty of candidates don t write
confident dick durbin of illinois and one of romney s possible vp picks senator kelly ayotte from new hampshire. and mitt romney s company were pioneers in outsourcing jobs. barack obama s record is the worst record since the depression. and we will talk about those ads with our cnn political analyst ron brownstein and time magazine s michael sherer. an incumbent president still in peril, and measuring optimism about the economy has fallen to the lowest level this year, and personal spending cooled as shoppers cut back on items big and small from cars to groceries and the broadest measure of economic health, the gross domestic product grew at an anemic 1.5% in the second quarter. not good news for president obama 100 days away from the election. and joining us this morning is senator dick durbin. i want to put the gdpp fod g figures the gross domestic product figure, because it has been up, but not to the point where it can bring down unemployment. that is a 3
security in focus. and later new details on the aurora shooting suspect. we ll tell you what cnn has learned about his mental state before the shooting. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. just hours after the opening ceremony, a chinese woman has won the first gold medal in the london olympics. she competed in the air rifle competition. from last night, queen elizabeth officially opened the 2012 games after an epic journey through the united kingdom s rich history. danny boyle was the creative mind and director behind the $42 million show seen by people around the world. we re taking you leave to olympic park in just a moment. in just a few hours, mitt romney leaves london and the games for israel. and he s leaving behind some brutal headlines and maybe some sore feelings. loppeders, incling the prime minister and the mayor, were not mused when the republican presidential candidate appeared to question their readiness for the olympics. one british tabloid called
romney? the london times says nowhere man. romney loses his way with gaffe about the games. and mitt the twit. mitt romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive. this is how british prime minister david cameron characterized it yet. we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active bustling cities anywhere in the world and of course it s easier if you hold an olympic games in the middle of nowhere. after the dig by prime minister david cameron, romney began walking back his comments and this morning on today offered gushing pra ining prais london s handling of the games. i read the same reports about all the challenges being faced by the organizing committee but after being here a couple days, it looks to me like london is ready and of course, it is hard to put on games in a major