National Journal's Hotline: Huntsman Draws Response from Obama Campaign

[flpoljunkie]

Huntsman Draws Response From Obama Campaign
By Beth Reinhard

June 21, 2011

For the first time, President Obama's campaign responded to the entrance of a Republican candidate into the race with a short statement today following former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's campaign launch.

The response, a critique of Huntsman's economic policies, signals that the White House takes Huntsman's campaign seriously. A former Republican governor of Utah, Huntsman served as Obama's ambassador to China until his resignation two months ago.

"In his speech, Governor Huntsman called for a more competitive and compassionate country, but he has embraced a budget plan that would slash our commitment to education, wipe out investments that will foster the jobs of the future and extend tax cuts for the richest Americans while shifting the burden onto seniors and middle class families," the Obama campaign statement said. "Like the other Republican candidates, instead of proposing a plan that will allow middle class families to reclaim their economic security, Governor Huntsman is proposing a return to the failed economic policies that led us into the recession."

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2011/06/obama-campaign-3.php

[FSogol]

1. K & R. n/t

[jefferson_dem]

2. Nice.

Time to tee these fuckers up and knock em down.

[bluethruandthru]

3. Now, if the Obama campaign would just do what they're asking Huntsman

to do - propose a plan that will allow middle class families to reclaim their economic security!