Don't get too excited over these incidents that are now called "gaffes". I am not a fan of Romney but let's be frank: the only thing that matters on election day is the economy and as long as the polls indicate that a very substantial number of voters (if not the majority!) think Romney is better than Obama when it comes to handling the economy, Romney is in a really good position.
Major errors of fact or evidence of inadequate preparation for any challenge might suggest that Mitt Romney is unready to be President. If he bungles his way through Great Britain, then just think of how inept his diplomacy would be with a country less similar to the US (like Russia, China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, or Japan).
It's easy to dismiss President Obama as a quick study, but people who prove themselves quick studies on everything demonstrate flexibility and preparedness.
I don't like to predict imperfect analogues, but if Mitt Romney gets the UK so wrong, then what is his reliable strength? Maybe his claim to mastery of economic stewardship, long his apparent strength in contrast to President Obama, is more limited in value and relevance. If his mastery of foreign policy is suspect for factual weaknesses, then what sort of Commander in Chief will he be? We recently had a President whose military policy came largely from his gut instincts and desire for personal revenge, and look what that got us!
I'm not going to call a Romney collapse before I see it. It just looks far more possible. "Steady hand" trumps bungler on a national scale. The time for recovery from any serious gaffe is getting shorter every day.
