It was a slip of the toungue that could happen to anyone.
But it did have an ominous "Freudian Slip" spin on it. It's what we used to call "foreboding" in English class.
Mr Romney, in spite of his shameless pandering to the TParty and the Radical Right, still has a reputation for being a moderate (shudder) Republican. Now that his VP is much more to the liking of his more zealous and doctrinaire supporters, he should be very careful of the political correctness of his policies if he is elected.