But gaffes of a more traditional nature played an unusually active role in the 2012 election — starting long before the calendar flipped to 2012 — helping define Romney as an out-of-touch ...

“It’s easier for him to work with these people; he knows they won’t speak out against him, won’t make a gaff, and will do what he says.” Deliberately choses outsiders Professor Reinhardt ...

Farage’s previous admiration for Trump and Putin and his attempts to explain away Nazi salutes by Maga leaders are a liability, but then only he has the charisma to play down such gaffes.