>> the governor doubled down on the criticism of the administration's response and handling of the tragedy.
>> the first response of the united states must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. and apology for america's values is never the right course. as i've watch eed over the past three and a half years, the president has had some successes. he's had some failures. it's a hit or miss approach but it is not based upon sound foreign policy .
>> let's bring in today's panel. democratic strategist and political reporter for "the washington post ." good afternoon to both of you. neil, let me start with you. i want to start with something else that governor romney said about what he's calling an apology by the american embassy in cairo. take a listen.
>> i spoke out when the key fact that i referred to was known, which was that the embassy of the united states issued what appeared to be an apology for american principles. that was a mistake. and i believe that when a mistake is made of that significance you speak out.
>> okay. mitt romney referring to this statement put online.
>> be embassy saying, quote, the embassy condemns the continuing efforts of misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. malika, this was six hours before the attacks started and to quell some of the outrage there. how big of a deal is this for the romney campaign?
>> well, they seem to think it's not a big deal at all. that they are essentially on the same page as sarah palin , as alan west in sort of pinning this on obama . and suggesting somehow that his administration is not standing up for american's principles and lives. so i agree with i think chuck todd of saying this was a, you know, an odd thing. i think when i got this e-mail last night from the romney campaign that was so e fusive, that was so condemn that tori of the president without having had all of the facts i think it was a misstatement, a misstep by this campaign that we haven't seen so far of this level. and i think it does bring to mind to some people mccain's missteps in the fall of 2008 when he seemed to be out of his depth in talking about the economy. mitt romney doesn't have a rhetoric. he doesn't have rhetoric or record on foreign policy . in some ways if you look at his approach of foreign policy there's not much daylight of what he says he would do and what obama 's doing and what he does is rely on this sort of rhetoric that we saw from that statement last night and that he doubled down on today.
>> mentioned the statement, bob sherm sherman. this is romney 's initial statement regarding the situation in libya . released last night. it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on the diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks. the obama campaign said it was shocking that the romney campaign launching a political attack in the wake of this tragedy. she alluded to this. doesn't mitt romney as the republican nominee who caught flack, of course, for not mentioning afghanistan in the rnc speech, the man who's facing an incumbent and scores fairly well on matters of foreign policy , doesn't he have to try to appear aggressive and talk about what he would do differently?
>> he aggressively shot himself in the feet. i had a republican consultant say to me today on the phone this guy's not ready for prime time . what he came across as last night and in this testy press conference today was an opportunist seeking political advantage out of a national tragedy and on 9/11 and all you have to do is listen to the statements of mitch mcconnell , the republican senate leader, john mccain , eric cantor , the republican leader in the house all of whom who say we stand united as americans.
>> but here's the thing. mitt romney 's surrounded by advisers. he's surrounded by smart men and political operatives like you were back in the day. did none of them think maybe this isn't the best idea?
>> somebody should have thought that because i can't remember in foreign policy anything like this in all the years i'm in politics and that's a lot of years. it's a political disaster for them and i think we'll see that in the next few days but it's also wrong and when you think about it, this guy seems to have an instinct for saying the wrong thing and coming up with the wrong judgment and it's not what you want in the oval office . one of the jobs of president is to respond to an unexpected crisis. and he seems to respond instinctively almost the wrong way.
>> republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan had this to say about this attack in libya .
>> this is a time for healing. it's a time for resolve. and in the face of such a tragedy, we're reminded that the world needs american leadership. and the best guarantee of peace is american strength.
>> so here's the thing. not just libya and egypt the president's dealing with. you have israel, iran, syria. several have warned of a september surprise that could dramatically shake up this race. is this perhaps the beginning of that surprise?
>> it could be. i mean, that's the thing. the world is a volatile place. the middle east certainly volatile place, as well. i think mitt romney 's problem is that he's botched his response to this. doesn't have a lot of credibility as a leader and as someone who's studied foreign policy and so in this he really steps in it. you saw ryan give i think a more tempered response and i think in some ways people working on these issues who have jobs, who are senators and diplomats. mitt romney obviously not out of -- not in office and really doesn't have any pull, any sort of sba in terms of what happens and i think his advisers probably should have told him to wait in terms of responding in this. certainly waiting probably until the president made his statement, the president, of course, knows more about what's going on so i think we'll have to see if mitt romney tries to do cleanup on this in the coming days.
>> really quickly before you get out of here. coming off that convention where a great deal of time devoted to president obama 's record, with regards to his foreign policy , coming off, how significant was his response today? how important was that? how did it play politically?
>> you saw it. i don't think he was thinking politically. you saw someone who should be president of the united states . he sounded like the president. he was acting like a president should. and then mitt romney you saw somebody who doesn't quite come up to that standard and by the way if there are other crisis that come along, looking at the performance of these two guys over the last 24 hours , i don't think that's going to help mitt romney . i don't think he gets it. i don't think he's ready to be commander in chief. he came across as craven and incompetent on national security . you just couldn't do this. no one would do this.
>> all right, bob.
>> thank you.
>> thank you, sir.
>> that's exactly -- i started off by telling you republican friend of mine said this is a disaster.
>> yep.
>> not ready for prime time .
>> peggy noon an, too.
>> that's right. she did echo your sentiment, bob. you have some mixed company. thank you both.
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