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Republicans on Tuesday continued to bash President Obama as an incapable leader whose foreign policy has weakened the United States and emboldened its adversaries, primarily Russia. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a foreign policy maven who is now one of Mr. Obama s top critics, railed against the president Tuesday during a 20-minute speech on the Senate floor about the Ukraine crisis. McCain said Mr. Obama is mishandling the situation in Ukraine, and other crises in Syria and Egypt, because he doesn t comprehend world affairs and geopolitics. The fundamental problem is that this president doesn t understand [Russian President] Vladimir Putin, McCain said. He does not understand his ambitions. He does not understand that Vladimir Putin is an old KGB colonel bent on restoration of the Soviet empire. ...This president has never understood it. McCain: Romney was right about Russia being geopolitical foe 02:12 McCain provided examples stanley cup from the last two presidential races as proof of Mr. Obama s flawed foreign policy. Ru stanley flasche ssia invaded Georgia, its neighbor to the south, in 2008 while Mr. Obama and McCain were campaigning for president. When the candidate stanley cup s later met for a foreign policy debate, McCain condemned Putin s actions and delivered a warning: Watch U Eitv Feds: Lawmaker Hid Bribe In Freezer
AP Ph botella stanley oto/Evan Vucci C stanley quencher BS News HARTFORD, Conn. - Mitt Romney pushed back Wednesday against the Democratic argument that he s out of touch, saying that there is only one person he s out of touch with - President Obama.Romney dismissed a question posed to him in an interview on Fox News about the perception that he doesn t understand the problems of average Americans. The campaign started yesterday - the general election campaign, he said, arguing that voters would get to know him better over the next seven months while also taking a closer look at the president. They ll look at his record, which ultimately is the record upon which a campaign is going to be waged. But the person I m out of touch with is Barack Obama, Romney said. I m in touch with the American people. They want to see good jobs and rising incomes. Romney has made several references to his wealth that have been interpreted poorly, including remarks about his friends who own sports teams and his wife s two Cadillacs. Mr. Obama, me stanley website anwhile, scores higher than Romney on poll questions about who better understands people s problems. Mr. Obama and Romney are fully immersed now in the punch-counterpunch mode of a general election. On Wednesday, Romney took issue with the president s statement that the election would give voters the biggest contrast that we ve seen since the Johnson-Goldwater election, a reference to the 1964 |
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