President Obama’s traveling campaign press secretary called the exchange with Mitt Romney over Libya one of the greatest moments ever seen in a presidential debate.
En route to Athens, Ohio, late yesterday afternoon, White House press secretary Jay Carney was fielding questions from the press corps on the Benghazi attack.
Carney said Obama was specifically talking about the Libya assault when he said “no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation” in the Rose Garden on Sept. 12. He then accused Romney of trying “to score political points out of this tragedy.”
“I just want to add one quick thing,” said campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki. “Our view is that the president — the back-and-forth on Libya last night was one of the best moments for the president, one of the best moments in recent debate history. And that’s because the president made clear that being commander in chief is about being a leader. It’s not about political gamesmanship.”
“We think it was one of our better moments — best moments.”
She also said the campaign had “absolutely not” let up on Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia to pay more attention to the northern tier of swing states.
“The same states that were in play and that we’re competing in every single day are the same states today as they were three weeks ago. And that includes Florida, and that includes North Carolina. North Carolina — and Jim Messina has said this many time, so I’ll refer back to his comments — has one of our best ground games in the country. They’ve registered more voters than I think most other swing states, which is an enormous accomplishment,” Psaki said.
“In Florida, that’s a state where we’ll be back very soon — next week — as you know. And we’re absolutely competing on the ground in those states. We believe we can win those states. And nothing has changed in the state of play in terms of the math of where we’re competing.”
Rasmussen Reports’ daily tracking poll has Romney at 49 percent and Obama at 47 percent. The first poll based entirely on surveys conducted after Tuesday night’s debate won’t be available until Saturday morning.
“one of the best moments in recent staged and teleprompted history. And that’s because the president’s moderator made clear that being commander in chief is not about being a leader. It’s about his moderator’s political gamesmanship.”
The White House and OfA will both rue the day these remarks were made. Benghazi is a scandal that is unfolding slowly and painfully for Obama. It will grow worse and bigger in the remaining weeks of this campaign. The president lied and obfuscated throughout the debate exchange. This issue will arise again in the final debate. The campaign should realize that Mitt will have all his $#!+ in pile before then and he’s going to hammer Obama coming and going. He will timeline and humiliate the president’s rear-end.
These people have no character, no principles…utterly shameless. Carney says, “We think it was one of our better moments – best moments.” Presidential order to Candy Crowley, “Check the transcript!” What the hell is that? Did she actually have the transcript of that speech with her at the debate? Crowley picked the questions and who would ask them so she knew the question was coming up…one of you better moments, Jay? You people are the sleeziest, most despicable cheaters and liars to ever occupy our White House. Even now, after the whole scam has been exposed to the American people, you say it was one of your BETTER MOMENTS? A lie, a scam, a set up? We are going to have to FUMIGATE the place and allow a month for it to air out after we throw you all out next month. Then, just to top it all off, our classless, petty “First Lady” breaks decorum and rules to lead the clapping for Dear Leader’s “best moment”. Disgraceful.
“one of the best moments in recent debate history”
So running over to the referee to beg for a timeout is the best moment? This ain’t YMCA over-40 basketball, bud.
I’ll just best that The Won would prefer to spend 90 minutes this Monday night discussing Libya alone. If I were Romney, I’d start every answer with “Talking about your administration’s massive failure in Libya…”
Wow, really? What I saw was a man desperately evading a question, until a woman ran over and saved his ass.
That’s leadership?