Excerpts from Washington Examiner
By Joel Gehrke
November 28, 2011
“White House Press Secretary Jay Carney faced several questions about the high number of official, taxpayer funded events by President Obama in battleground states crucial to his reelection hopes, and defended Obama by arguing that presidential travel should not be restricted by the possibility that the state could plausibly support or oppose the incumbent's reelection.
“Asked about reports that Obama is effectively campaigning on ‘the taxpayer's dime,’ Carney said he ‘reject[ed] the premise’ of the question. ‘If you…said 'the president of the United States cannot travel to states that are perceived to be battleground states,' you would severely limit the capacity of this president…to travel anywhere’…
“‘It's a guessing-game to suggest that we know what states are battleground states necessarily’…
“When a reporter challenged the idea that political benefit played no role in where Obama decided to travel, Carney maintained that ‘the decisions for official events are made for official reasons.’
“You can see Carney field these questions in the video below.”
Source: RNC. Video was included in original press release.
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