While the President is away, his surrogates do not play. Instead, they spent their Sunday morning’s this week on the Sunday shows trying mightily to fill the late August void with little new to say.
“There are specific things that we can do right now that will accelerate our economy,” said David Axelrod, a top Obama re-election campaign adviser. “There are things that he could sign into law right now if Congress would move forward on it,” said Bill Burton, a former White House aide, now heading up a third party group supporting Obama. “The question that Republicans are going to have to ask themselves is, are they ready to work with this President and put aside party leadership so our country can be stronger,” said Robert Gibbs, Obama’s former press secretary who is now working with the campaign.
Filler, no doubt. But it’s a start.
