He came across as an idiot since humans don’t have the capacity to “shut down” a pregnancy other than through abortion (or at least a “morning after” pill). There are some animals that do have such a capacity, but Ha-Shem saw fit not to give it to our species.
The Democrats are trying to attach his words to Romney but it will backfire since the rest of the Republicans clearly repudiated him, and they can “pay back” easily by quoting some of the stupid things that Obama’s supporters said. On the other hand, false attribution make the speaker seem like a dumb bully (remember the attempts to attribute things said by Obama’s “pastor” to him).