Romney's big flaw

While perusing this post on The Hill, I came across the follow items of interest which may prove decisive in the upcoming election

• The president also vowed to put half the savings generated by ending the war in Afghanistan to reducing the national debt. The other half, he said, should ould be funneled toward infrastructure programs across the country. "The nation we need to build is our own," Obama said, taking a jab at the previous administration's nation-building strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
• Romney has hammered the president for setting a withdrawal timeline, arguing that a withdrawal should be determined by the progress of the Afghan government.  [emphasis added]

Comment:

Afghanistan allows Obama to keep blaming Bush for his troubles and Romney needs to avoid that trap.  Romney doesn't have to defend nation building and he should point out that the spending on Afghanistan is insignificant compared to what's being spent domestically.  But Romney doesn't have to defend Bush, nor should he allow Obama to try to portray him as Bush.  Otherwise, he will let Obama get away from diverting attention away from his own failure to produce a recovery.  Romney has to set himself apart from Bush, while keeping the focus on Obama's failures.

Come to think of it, the "new media" isn't responsible for Romney's campaign.  He has to handle that himself.