David Brooks: Romney Shouldn't Have Gone To The Olympics

JUDY WOODRUFF: ... since we clearly need to get the Olympics, to London.

David, Mitt Romney arrived there a few days ago, and he has had a rough go of it. How do you size up the trip?

DAVID BROOKS: Yes. Well, he shouldn't have gone. There is no reason for him to go. And I'm told there was dissension in the staff about whether he should go.

The election is here. And the issues are here. And so, I think it was mistake to go. And it was certainly a mistake to do a gaffe. And I think this -- the gaffe, what he said was true, that there are some security issues. But you don't say it.

And it underscores a deep anxiety in Republican circles that he is just not running a great campaign. If you look at the Obama campaign, it's a professional campaign. You see the storyline they're telling. He took people's jobs away with Bain. They are going to turn to Medicare and they're going to say, he wants now to take away your -- he wants to voucherize your Medicare.

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