Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney went on the offensive Monday in Colorado, launching an attack on U.S. President Obama's foreign policy record.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY, SAYING:<br/> <br />"He said the development in the Middle East are bumps in the road (crowd laughs). Yeah, that was my reaction. Bumps in the road? We had an ambassador assassinated. We had a Muslim Brotherhood member elected to the presidency of Egypt. Twenty-thousand people have been killed in Syria. We have tumult in Pakistan, and of course Iran is that much closer to having the capacity to build a nuclear weapon. These are not bumps in the road, these are human lives. These are developments we do not want to see. This is time for a president who will shape events in the Middle East, not just be merciful or be at the mercy of events in the Middle East. I will get America on track to have the kind of leadership we need so we can shape the future of this part of the world and keep America strong."<br/> <br />Although Romney is neck-and-neck with Obama in national surveys, polls in battleground states like Colorado, show Obama with a slightly wider lead.
