What a birthday! Not only does Barack Obama have to spend his 47th on the road, in Lansing, Michigan, talking about energy policy, but his campaign staff left his birthday present in the back of a cab!
Obama campaign spokesman and adviser Robert Gibbs told MSNBC's Morning Joe programme this morning that they are trying to get the gift back.
The Illinois senator, meanwhile, received a charming birthday card of sorts from the Republican party. The GOP this morning offered members of the media a complimentary tyre pressure gauge.
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In a memo to reporters, the Republican party mocked Obama's suggestions at a Springfield, Missouri rally on ways Americans can reduce energy consumption.
Obama said:
There are things that you can do individually though to save energy; making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much.
The Republican party tells the media:
Because, instead of actually increasing America's domestic oil supply, this is how Obama thinks Americans should try to alleviate burdensome pain at the pump.
The memo concludes with an invitation to call the Republican National Committee "To obtain your very own copy of "Barack Obama's Energy Plan".
