Romney's criticism of President Obama's regarding the Libya and Egypt attacks that resulted in US diplomats' deaths only spawned more criticism from Obama.
Obama told CBS that Romney was "shooting first and aim later," and that from being a president that is not the way to handle a situation. Romney's "shooting first" was disgust at how the White House did not directly have a public statement for the attacks (the statement was made by the Embassy in Cairo), and as this remark has significantly hurt his campaign, it makes sense that now Romney would have a second response that doesn't shoot but now "aims" at the sympathy and grief of the masses.
His focus shifting to loss and mourning with the families of the four slain diplomats in Libya seems too late. It's good intentions, but yes, perhaps he should have approached the statement with his own sympathy from the start. I don't even want to get into the fact-checking part of this story! It's all about strategy, and this definitely seemed like Romney did walk into Obama's trap on this one.
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