“'we are in Afghanistan to confront a common enemy that threatens the United States, our friends and allies. Mitt Romney quoted from a speech delivered by Obama in March to climb on the Cheney “dithering’ band wagon and launch an attack on the President’s careful examination and deliberative process in determining his Afghanistan strategy..    

Romney was speaking before the Young America’s Foundation in Santa Barbara California, a very select and sympathetic audience , which describes itself as "the principal outreach organization of the Conservative Movement,”  He accused the  President of holding phony Town Hall meetings, saying they’re phony because the audience is hand picked. He apparently missed the  irony of that statement as he spoke to his exclusive audience.    

"The President has held his job for 10 months but does not yet have a strategy. What has he been doing that is more important than protecting the lives of the troops of which he is Commander-in-Chief? He has been campaigning- rallying at phony town meetings and making over 30 campaign stops for fellow Democrats. This President's inattention and dereliction remind me of those Northwest Airlines pilots who were so distracted from their jobs that they lost their way. But in this case, the consequences are far more severe."

Romney has not been short on criticisms of Obama. In fact he has been on a constant second guessing campaign obviously trying to keep his profile active as a Presidential candidate in 2012.  In March, Romney accused the president of neglecting the country's needs, while posing for magazine covers, and making appearances on late night television during an interview with CNN's Larry King.
"This is a president who is learning on the fly, he's never turned anything around before. He hasn't had the experience of leading a nation or a business or a state in trouble. And the first rule I can tell him is focus, focus, focus. "

Focusing on becoming the GOP’s presidential candidate seems to be Romney’s objective. According to CNN Political Ticker, Since February, Romney has attended nine events for senatorial candidates, appeared at more than a dozen rallies or fundraisers for those running for governor this year or next, and spoken at almost two dozen meetings of Republican Party groups or conservative organizations. And he has finished a new book.

The image that many have of Mitt Romney is that of an almost desperate candidate,  who would say anything and do anything to try and win even if his statements are diametrically opposed to an earlier position he had held. Flip flopping, in his case, became an understatement. The "pro-choice" candidate for senator, and later governor, of Massachusetts became the "pro-life" candidate for president of the United States.

 At one point, during the last election cycle,  Romney  awkwardly worked “change” and “hope” into a speech that was transparently an attempt to incorporate those two effective Obama slogans into his campaign.

In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, Romney ranked third in Republicans' choice for a 2012 nominee, behind former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin; 36 percent had a favorable view of him, while 26 percent had a negative view and 37 percent weren't sure.

Only time will tell if Romney can get enough people too take him serious enough for him to be the GOP Presidential selection.