Pernicious
10-04-2014, 04:44 PM
http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6447&stc=1
The first lady has expressed frustration with Senate Democrats because they didn’t do enough to fight Republican attempts to weaken the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act,” explains the Times. The 2010 law is a complex body of meal regulations implemented by the Department of Agriculture that has long been her signature issue.
Michelle Obama was also especially furious after nearly a dozen Democrats from states where potatoes are a commercial crop joined Republican lawmakers in opposing a decision by the Obama administration to ban white potatoes from the list of foods which recipients of Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program assistance can purchase with federal funds.
Obama aides and Democratic operatives downplayed the rift, saying the first lady has other reasons for laying low this election cycle. She wants to spend time with the first daughters, they say. She doesn’t like Washington politics.
An unnamed Democrat strategist also gently alluded to the possibility that Democratic candidates don’t really want the first lady around.
“She’s awesome, but it just brings in the name Obama,” one Democrat told the Times.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/04/michelle-obama-wont-campaign-for-democrats-because-shes-mad-over-letter-about-potatoes/
The first lady has expressed frustration with Senate Democrats because they didn’t do enough to fight Republican attempts to weaken the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act,” explains the Times. The 2010 law is a complex body of meal regulations implemented by the Department of Agriculture that has long been her signature issue.
Michelle Obama was also especially furious after nearly a dozen Democrats from states where potatoes are a commercial crop joined Republican lawmakers in opposing a decision by the Obama administration to ban white potatoes from the list of foods which recipients of Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program assistance can purchase with federal funds.
Obama aides and Democratic operatives downplayed the rift, saying the first lady has other reasons for laying low this election cycle. She wants to spend time with the first daughters, they say. She doesn’t like Washington politics.
An unnamed Democrat strategist also gently alluded to the possibility that Democratic candidates don’t really want the first lady around.
“She’s awesome, but it just brings in the name Obama,” one Democrat told the Times.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/04/michelle-obama-wont-campaign-for-democrats-because-shes-mad-over-letter-about-potatoes/