Anything positive he does will be spun thus by the media. He needs to revel in their disapproval, not be intimidated by it. He needs to become famous for being reviled by the media! And the media need to go under, big and little people included! Then, when he wins, it will be the public sector's turn to be downsized!
Besides, I've heard Seamus liked riding on top, and the gross hose-down incident was indigestion, not fear.
Changing gears, there was a time when presidential candidates traveling to volatile regions of the world for the purpose of promoting their campaigns at expense of perceived unity, would have been ostracized. Now they all do it of course. It reflects more unfavorably on Mitt, IMO, who claims to promote leadership over partisanship. It also isn't smart to focus attention on Israel at a time when their neighbors are involved in civil wars.
Not that Mitt isn't right on occasion or that we or the world shouldn't know his position on the subject; his website, debates and interviews inside America are far better ways to accomphish that goal without adding fuel to the fires in the Middle East.