has himself to blame for what can only be described as a disastrous London visit. At one point he told reporters: 'I don't want to refer to any comments made by leaders representing other nations, nor do I want to describe foreign policy positions I might have while I'm on foreign soil.' The British media, like nature, abhors a vacuum and when the substance is absent will eagerly take the opportunity to make mischief. Obama's foreign trip as a candidate in 2008 was heavy on content and flawlessly executed but he over-reached when he gave a speech to 200,000 adoring Germans in Berlin and vowed to 'remake the world once again'. That speech became a highly effective McCain attack ad in which Obama was portrayed as a celebrity with little real-world experience. One Romney insider told me that the idea for the London trip had come from the candidate's wife Ann, whose horse Rafalca is taking part in the Olympic dressage event. After what must have been a thoroughly miserable visit for Romney, future presidential candidates might well decide that foreign trips -- and certainly ones to London -- should be avoided because they offer so much more risk than reward. To Bartamus, I would like to say, you have a very, very short memory. The rest of us don't. It wasn't Pres. Obama that drove us into the ditch with irresponsible policies, it was George Bush and his nasty little minions, Cheney, Rove and Rumsfeld. It may take us