Romney gaffes

• WASHINGTON - Mitt Romneys trip abroad was meant to illustrate his readiness for the international stage as he attempts to deny U.S. President Barack Obama a second term in November.
(Calgary Herald)
• Mitt Romney had an extremely tough time in London on Thursday, after he made a number of embarrassing gaffes. He was roundly lampooned, of course, by some in the British press.
(Huffington Post)
• The gaffe about the "Anglo-Saxon" thing nearly came up on Hannity. I may be getting my segments confused, but I recall this happening during the shouting match between Bob Beckel and the conservative radio guy.
(News Hounds)
• Romney made headlines on his first day abroad by calling on Twitter – an unrivaled venue for the sort of brutal snark well-suited to political gaffes, but particularly ones in which the Brits weigh in.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Elevating his tendency for gaffes to the international stage, Mr Romney said that because of concerns about security, it was "hard to know just how well it will turn out".
(Daily Telegraph)
• regarding Romneys olympian and largely unconscious sense of entitlement. Ms. Walsh reminds progressives that Romney's upper-classy marxian slips are the gaffes that keep on giving.
(Salon)
• On the social media site Twitter, Brits greeted his U-turn by adapting the word "omnishambles", a hashtag used to describe their own government's unhappy springtime of gaffes, into "RomneyShambles".
(Financial Times)
• Similar gaffes by Obama advisors in 2008 concerning our relationship with Canada resulted in the immediate dismissal of that advisor from the campaign. The best way for Romney to disavow the comments is to follow Obama's example.
(Politico.com)
• Romney was simply referring to the consumer's ability to fire insurance companies that provide poor service. These gaffes don't open a window on the values of the candidates, only on the vapidity of the process.
(Bloomberg)