Mitt Romney Gives Obama Presidency An ‘F’ (VIDEO)

The former governor of Massachusetts just set the bar for a Mitt Romney presidency very high. In an interview Tuesday morning on Today, Romney was asked to take a look at President Obama’s term in office so far and come up with a letter grade. He didn’t hesitate to flunk him.

Romney didn’t mention if his grading curve included winning the Nobel Peace Prize, ushering in historic health care reform, signing into law dramatic steps forward in LGBT rights or, you know, killing Osama bin Laden — but he said that taken on the whole, Obama’s term in office gets a goose egg on the Romney meter.

Some snippets of Romney making his case:

“On the president’s leadership”:

Romney: this president felt it appropriate to go around the world and apologize for America. I don’t apologize for America. I’m proud of America.

On foreign policy:

Romney: He doesn’t have a foreign policy. The president embarrassed himself there and around the world by convincing our friends that in some respects it’s better to be our foe than our friend.

On national security:

Romney: “He doesn’t have a cogent assessment of what he’s going to do regardless of the circumstances.”

Romney is expected to formally announce his second run for the White House this week. As he gears up to enter a Republican primary field in which he seems vulnerable, Romney’s clearly trying to make a strong case for himself and separate from some of his past negatives (if you’re a Republican presidential primary voter, that is.)

For example, Romney’s got a new line on his Massachusetts health insurance scheme, which many — including Obama — have likened to the Democratic health care plan signed into law in 2010. Romney’s tried a number of tactics to get out from under his past as a universal health care champion, and in the interview with Today, he appeared to settle on a new one: the Massachusetts plan was much more succinct than the national plan Democrats say they modeled on what Romney did in the Bay State.

“My bill was 70 pages,” Romney said. “His is over 2,000.”

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