He wants to talk about anything other than his catastrophic economic policies. Don’t let him!
He’s simply zeroing in on anything the Romney camp says that he thinks might take some of his base away from him. A lot of them are upset about the wars, which he promised he would end and didn’t. He heard the cheering when Eastwood said bring them home tomorrow.
He’s so campaign-focused he doesn’t think about the other ramifications of what he says. Campaigner first, leader of the nation somewhere near the bottom, or nowhere.