Politico: The Strategy Corner with Mark Penn: White House is right to push back
By MARK PENN
Published October 27, 2009
Republicans suggest that the aggressive move by the Obama White House to take on people and organizations that disagree with it and oppose its policies is an unprecedented abuse of government resources.
This is, of course, nonsense.
The Obama team is engaged in a series of tough legislative and press battles and is stepping up its game, not stepping over the line. And the actions taken by the White House are mild and pale compared with those of the Gingrich and Bush years.
Let’s look at the Republican record on this.
