Mitt Romney, looking for a boost after being battered recently by President Barack Obama, heads abroad next week in a bid to portray himself as a wise statesman.
The Republican presidential candidate leaves Tuesday on a six-day swing to the U.K., Israel and Poland. Each stop is carefully choreographed to help him gain stature in the eyes of the American public, not to mention the world. He hopes to create momentum that will continue through August, when he is expected to announce his vice-presidential choice and reintroduce himself to America at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
The trip is loaded with political risks as well. Most notably, he could be held to a nearly impossible standard: Obama's triumphant visit to Berlin four July's ago. It also could invite another comparison:
Many of Romney's foreign policy advisers are carryovers from the George W. Bush administration, intimately involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars that are now broadly unpopular. "It could be 'son of Bush,' the horror movie no one wants to see," said John Hulsman, a Germany-based international political consultant.
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