Will the foreign embassies crises be Obama's defining moment?

[Lincoln Republican]

Please discuss.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

The killing of Osama Bin Laden, rescuing the manufacturing industry, or saving the country from economic free fall are probably Obama's defining moments. The embassies are foreign policy crisese that need to be addressed swiftly, and decisively by the administration for risk of them becoming defining moments.

[Lief 🗽]

Obama has already had plenty of defining moments. And they've defined him as a strong, hard-working and intelligent leader.

[Bull Moose Base]

It's been Romney's defining moment.  The public's perception of Obama is pretty much gelled after he's been president for four years.  Romney on the other hand is more nebulous, by design; he's trying to give as few details about his plans as possible.  But, panicking a bit on account of Obama's post-convention surge and the clock running out, Romney tried to depart from his safe game and instead seized on an international crisis to launch a political attack against Obama and flopped.  The backlash against Romney was harsh and bipartisan.  With less than two months to go, he committed an unforced error and very possibly lost the election with it.

[All Along The Watchtower]

No.

[Politico]

It's been Romney's defining moment.  The public's perception of Obama is pretty much gelled after he's been president for four years.  Romney on the other hand is more nebulous, by design; he's trying to give as few details about his plans as possible.  But, panicking a bit on account of Obama's post-convention surge and the clock running out, Romney tried to depart from his safe game and instead seized on an international crisis to launch a political attack against Obama and flopped.  The backlash against Romney was harsh and bipartisan.  With less than two months to go, he committed an unforced error and very possibly lost the election with it.

Wishful thinking. Obama's failure to stand strong with Israel has cost him a lot more votes than anything Romney has said in the past week.

Being the first president since Carter to have an embassy overrun with its ambassador being assassinated is not exactly projecting an image of American strength. At best, it is the USS Cole for Obama (which probably hurt Gore, the incumbent, but only by a negligible amount); at worst, it is going to snowball into the Iranian Hostage Crisis circa November 1980 (i.e., devastating effect for the incumbent).

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Considering they're dying down already, probably not.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

For the love of God, give it up.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

For the love of God, Romney give it up.

Fixed.  While this issue isn't hurting Mitt directly, it is distracting his campaign from its main message of the economy, which is one that is far more likely to have a chance to work.  If Allah forbid, this should take a turn for the worse, then the blathering the Mittbots are doing now will be inconsequential in making this something that will damage The O.

[wan]

It's been Romney's defining moment.  The public's perception of Obama is pretty much gelled after he's been president for four years.  Romney on the other hand is more nebulous, by design; he's trying to give as few details about his plans as possible.  But, panicking a bit on account of Obama's post-convention surge and the clock running out, Romney tried to depart from his safe game and instead seized on an international crisis to launch a political attack against Obama and flopped.  The backlash against Romney was harsh and bipartisan.  With less than two months to go, he committed an unforced error and very possibly lost the election with it.

Wishful thinking. Obama's failure to stand strong with Israel has cost him a lot more votes than anything Romney has said in the past week.

Being the first president since Carter to have an embassy overrun with its ambassador being assassinated is not exactly projecting an image of American strength. At best, it is the USS Cole for Obama (which probably hurt Gore, the incumbent, but only by a negligible amount); at worst, it is going to snowball into the Iranian Hostage Crisis circa November 1980 (i.e., devastating effect for the incumbent).

Really? I don't think so. I just saw a poll where Obama was beating Romney with the Jewish vote 2-1. Lol...

[Platypus]

This election, even less than usual, will not be decided on foreign policy. Which is a shame, really, because if both policies were properly and intelligently discussed by the electorate, whoever won, the US would be in a much stronger position.