this middle east turmoil is all everyone is talking about.
Surely, can obama really mind all of this uprest in the middle east? His poll numbers are rising. Romney obviously has no alternate plan for dealing with the middle east, aside from "obama is doing it wrong, but I also denounce that movie".
In 2008, McCain would have won the election if the #1 issue was the war, and during the primaries, everyone thought that would be the issue.
In 2012, Romney would have won the election, if the #1 issue was the economy.
Either by dumb luck, or by maybe fostering an environment where things get spicy - the #1 issue is moving to the middle east. Not the economy.