Via John Aravosis over at Americablog I found this press pool report from Sunday:
At his first fundraiser in San Jose, President Obama took aim at Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, without naming the Texas governor by name, and was critical of the recent GOP debates. He said the 2012 election will be “a contest of values.”
“Some of you here may be folks who actually used to be Republicans but are puzzled by what’s happened to that party . . . . I mean, has anybody been watching the debates lately? You’ve got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change,” he said to applause. “It’s true. You’ve got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don’t have health care and booing a service member in Iraq because they’re gay.
“That not reflective of who we are,” Mr. Obama said. “This is a choice about the fundamental direction of our country. 2008 was an important [elec]tion. 2012 is a more important election.”
Yes, please . . . more of this.
