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
with the romney campaign. so can we expect to hear romney triple town on his criticism today, fire back on the presidented for what he had to say to steve kroft? reporter: i think we can. if you can confine what we ll hear over the course of the day, it will be strength. they are going to own the remarks of mitt romney over the last 24 hours, his comments following the recent attacks. senior adviser telling us that those recent at it tacks are a stark reminder that american leadership is needed both abroad and economic leadership is needed here at home. remember, this is a candidate whose own book was titled no apology. and on the issue of foreign policy, this campaign has made no apologies even after questioning london in advance of the olympics. there for its prepared necessary for the games, causing russia the geopolitical foe saying israel had been thrown under the bus by president obama. in each case, mitt romney has
right now mitt romney s on his way home from an overseas trip his campaign is calling a great success even though it generated embarrassing headlines at every stop. latest came today in poland when one of romney s top aides cursed at reporters asking questions. one of them was our jim acosta, who joins us from warsaw. jim, what happened today that the romney team sounds upbeat despite all that s been going on? reporter: well, joe, a senior romney advisor told reporters here in warsaw that mistakes do happen out on the campaign trail. but when asked what mistakes were made on this overseas trip, that advisor couldn t name any. instead the campaign says the world got to hear from a candidate who they say speaks from the heart. it s the image mitt romney has wanted voters to see for the last week. the gop contender walking tall on the world stage here visiting poland s tomb of the unknown soldier and later praising the soviet black country for escaping the iron curtain. i an
push by both sides to mobilize voters. eric: you mentioned mr. romney. how about the president? reporter: he has to make a strong appeal to independent voters in key battleground states. he will claim that mitt romney is not qualified to lead the country. hey would a decision by israel to attack iran. obama team says this is also the president s view. we have never taken any optn off the table in dealing with the nuclear program in iran. president obama has led the strongest international coalition ever assembled with the strongest sanctions ever levied on the country 6 iran. we have made progress in delaying that nuclear program. reporter: and he criticized romney for questioning london s readiness in hosting the picked games. heather: new video and heavy