David Brooks advice to Romney: Don’t ‘nitpick’ on ‘small foreign issue of the past’ Benghazi

The Daily Caller ^ | 10/20/12 | Jeff Poor

[castlegreyskull]

I think he is right to an extent. Benghazi will be discussed, and Mitt Romney needs to know this issue better than anyone in the entire world, and he need to expose obama for the liar and traitor he is.

At the same time, he needs to give America the option for a better vision on this subject. Focusing to heavily on Benghazi may not let him do this.

[Right Brother]

I’m afraid that any Romney points scored on Benghazi will be offset by Obama’s portrayal of Romney as eager to get us into more war in the middle east. He knows people are war weary and he will push that button repeatedly. Mark my words.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Nitpick small matters? A government lying to its people is not a small matter. Just remember, no one died in the Watergate scandal but Nixon was tarnished forever as being a crook.

With Fast & Furious and Benghazigate alone (not even considering all of the corruption tied to the stimulus funds) it is very apparent we have an outlaw regime in charge.

[Liz]

Nice take.

I do think Obama is losing b/c the America he keeps describing to underpaid/unemployed/struggling voters——the one he says he put in place-—is NOT the America they see and the America they are experiencing.

[hinckley buzzard]

The key issue is the failure of the regime to provide security despite repeated warnings and pleas from personnel on the ground. The cover-up issue is not well understood by the public and easily obscured in any event. In that sense I agree with the wiseguys.

The dangerous and reckless planning exposed by this debacle as well as Fast&Furious warrant an indictment on the regime's capacity to take care of business and keep the nation safe-- and that should be the direction to attack.

[castlegreyskull]

I believe Romney needs to know Benghazi better than anyone on the planet, even obama (should be easy). However, his tactic should be to avoid the subject, simply because obama is expecting it and prepared only to discuss it.

It will be like the pincer movement that was used in the Gulf War. Saddam Hussien was expecting a frontal attack. One did come with devastating results only after the pincer was already enacted. He needs to catch obama flat footed and the moderator for that matter, underprepared to counter his talking points. Make obama sound unprepared to lead for the next 4 years (like we already know).

[RichInOC]

How do satirists manage to stay one step ahead of reality?