Americans don’t like to see their embassies burned and diplomats tortured, raped and murdered. And they don’t like to see the Administration lie ineptly and try and cover up what happened.
Particularly when there were months of warnings and requests
for more security from the Ambassador. He was begging for more security and got less.
When this is added to the Fast and Furious scheme this will be plenty for R to make The Disaster lie and sweat.
Israel and Syria are additional easy ones not to mention Iran. Romney’s question is “Do you trust this administration to safely handle these problems, an administration that has bungled horribly in Libya and Egypt already?”
I agree that those are all important international issues; Americans are not going to view them as importantly when they don’t know where their next rent/mortgage payment will come from, or how they will buy groceries or fill their gas tank. International issues, like social issues, always take a back seat when personal financial issues are first & foremost in people’s minds.
At this point it is a question of those who want a better employment picture versus those who want “Obama phone”; with the exception of well-off people who have the luxury on focusing on more remote issues, this is the essence of the election.