President Obama kicked off his reelection campaign today
asking voters not to make his daughters,
Malia and Sasha, switch schools.
Marie Byron joins us now along with Onion News Network
Senior Political Analyst Jason Copeland.
Jason nice to see you again. -Hey Brooke. -Hello Brooke.
It's an interesting strategy, don't you think, for Obama,
telling voters he knows that they don't like him
but if he had to move out of the White House
and his daughters had to start all over in a new school
come January 2013, it would just about break their hearts.
It's a desperate move.
He clearly doesn't have anything else to hang his hat on
so he's decided the best strategy is to tell people
that a vote for a Republican is a vote to take away
all of Sasha and Malia's friends and force them to get new ones.
Well, no matter what you think of his policies or leadership,
it's hard not to feel a little bit guilty
when you see the Obama campaign's new slogan: "For the Kids' Sake",
featuring a logo of Sasha and Malia looking all doe-eyed.
Yes, I think it's really smart.
Obama knows voters are upset with him,
but his adorable, adorable children have done nothing wrong.
Malia will be halfway through her freshman year of high school,
Sasha will just be starting junior high.
His team is really pushing the message
that look, this is just too important a time for these girls.
Yes, and the strategy may be working too,
looking at some of the tweets we've been getting all day.
@WindPants0 tweets: "I had to change schools in 8th grade.
Ruined my whole life. I blame all my many probs on it."
This is just a distraction from the real issues,
and it's almost as shameless as Obama asking for votes
because he's not sure whether Michelle's mother
can handle another big move.
I think Obama's enfeebled mother in-law
is going to be a major issue in the race.
Marian Robinson is getting up there,
her mind is not as sharp as it once was.
You move her to new surroundings, look, she might wake up,
not know where she is, wander into the middle
of the street. -That is just baseless speculation.
Okay you guys, Joe Biden was also campaigning today.
He sent out several photos
of all the posters that he put up in his office
letting people know that he put them up there with tape
so a lot of them are going to get ruined
if he has to take them down. -Very smart.
All right Jason, Marie,
thank you both for being with us. -Thanks Brooke.