Gibbs Backtracks from Comments Ripping Left Critics
The Washington Post reports that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has backtracked from his comments attacking the administration's opponents on the left.
Robert Gibbs, under fire for his attack on the "professional left," sends over a statement walking it back, conceding it was "inartful," and clarifying that the views he expressed frustration about are not widely held ...
Gibbs's general message seems to be that the left's criticism risks being counterproductive and could imperil the Dems' broader agenda. But at the same time, in that last graf Gibbs is clearly conceding that White House attacks on the left are equally counterproductive.
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