Mitt Romney actually said...

"I would note that this--I would expect the surge to continue to grow with the Paris Olympics next year."

"I very much appreciate that, as a citizen."

"I do not want to oversimplify the--our successful strategy relative to the former Soviet Union, but we out-competed them militarily, economically, and they finally cried uncle."

"Are there some things that we are really not getting right yet, that we are not focused on sufficiently that really ought to become the focus of our strategy?"