For a presidential contest that was supposed to revolve around jobs,
surrogates for the Romney and Obama campaigns spent today talking about
everything but the economy.
In a series of interviews, officials for both tickets accused the other side of running small-potatoes campaigns even as they jabbed one another for stump gaffes and media strategy.
"This is an election about big things, and this, this administration is focused on very small things," Kevin Madden, senior adviser to presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, told ABC's "This Week." "It's focused on dividing the country."
"Congressman Ryan was down in Florida yesterday talking about Medicare, which is a very important issue. ... At the same time this week, Vice President [Joseph] Biden was in Virginia talking about people being put back in chains. ... President Obama is talking to disc jockeys in New Mexico about what his favorite chili is," Madden said, referring to President Barack Obama's interview with a New Mexico radio station Friday.
Biden's comment earlier this week to a predominantly black audience that Romney would unshackle Wall Street and put them back in chains has become a favorite talking point among Republicans, forcing Democrats into an all too familiar spot of defending the gaffe-prone vice president.
Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Obama, defended Biden in interviews with ABC and CNN this morning.
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/Economy-Missing-in-Bickering-on-Sunday-Shows-216914-1.html?pos=htmbtxt
In a series of interviews, officials for both tickets accused the other side of running small-potatoes campaigns even as they jabbed one another for stump gaffes and media strategy.
"This is an election about big things, and this, this administration is focused on very small things," Kevin Madden, senior adviser to presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, told ABC's "This Week." "It's focused on dividing the country."
"Congressman Ryan was down in Florida yesterday talking about Medicare, which is a very important issue. ... At the same time this week, Vice President [Joseph] Biden was in Virginia talking about people being put back in chains. ... President Obama is talking to disc jockeys in New Mexico about what his favorite chili is," Madden said, referring to President Barack Obama's interview with a New Mexico radio station Friday.
Biden's comment earlier this week to a predominantly black audience that Romney would unshackle Wall Street and put them back in chains has become a favorite talking point among Republicans, forcing Democrats into an all too familiar spot of defending the gaffe-prone vice president.
Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Obama, defended Biden in interviews with ABC and CNN this morning.
Read more: http://www.rollcall.com/news/Economy-Missing-in-Bickering-on-Sunday-Shows-216914-1.html?pos=htmbtxt
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