The Republican presidential candidates had a lot of harsh things to say last night about incumbent Barack Obama, so Obama's spokesman decided to return the favor today."Over the course of two hours, the phrase 'middle class' and the word 'education' did not pass anyone's lips that I heard," Carney said aboard Air Force One, "which was striking to me because the middle class is obviously, to our mind, the primary focus of everything that we do in terms of the economic policies we pursue and the concerns we have."
The middle class not only suffered tremendously during the great recession and is suffering as we emerge from it but was under a great deal of pressure even prior to the recession. While incomes were growing rapidly under the previous administration and the economy was expanding, middle-class incomes were flat, stagnant and even dropping.
CAPTIONBy Emmanuel Dunand, AFP/Getty ImagesAs for education, Carney said it is "the key, the defining element of whether or not the United States of America can compete globally in the 21st century -- compete and win."
"We think it's a high, high priority," Carney said. "And I was struck by the absence of attention to that very key issue last night."
Mitt Romney: "He (Obama) has failed in job one, which was to get this economy going again. He failed in job two, which was to restrain the growth of the government. And he failed in job three, which is to have a coherent, consistent foreign policy."
Newt Gingrich: "I'm Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House. And when 14 million Americans are out of work, we need a new president to end the Obama depression."
Tim Pawlenty: "The programs that President Obama has put forward haven't really worked. They've been a failure. They've been slow. They haven't really solved the problem."
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