Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Obama Cites Campaign Donor as 'Non-Partisan Economist'


weekly standard ^ | july 16, 2012 | DANIEL HALPER


At a speech earlier today in Cincinnati, Ohio, President Obama cited economic analysis conducted by one of his campaign donors, Kimberly Clausing, and called her a "non-partisan economist." Clausing, a college professor from Reed College, has donated to President Obama and several Democratic politicians and causes over the last dozen years.


"We have not found any serious economic study that says Governor Romney's economic plan would actually create jobs, until today," Obama said. "I've got to be honest: Today we found out, there's a new study out by [a] non-partisan economist that says Governor Romney's economic plan would in fact create 800,000 jobs. There's only one problem: The jobs wouldn't be in America. They would not be in America."

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