Obama Embarks on Tour to Sell Budget

U.S. President Barack Obama. Photographer: Mark Wilson/Pool via Bloomberg

President Barack Obama begins a tour promoting his proposal to cut long-term budget deficits with a new urgency after Standard & Poor's warned that the nation's AAA credit rating is in peril.

While the trip that begins today with a town-hall meeting in Virginia is partly billed as an effort to gain support for cuts in popular programs, Obama administration officials said they don't expect him to refer to the S&P report unless he is asked.

Chris Lehane, a Democratic strategist who worked on Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, said any president would prefer to minimize attention to an unfavorable assessment of the nation's creditworthiness.

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Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/19/obama_embarks_on_tour_to_sell_budget_254057.html

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