Obama’s ‘policy speech’ is now an attack video

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney regards yesterday’s address to reporters as another “wonky . . . policy speech,” but the Obama campaign used it today in a new campaign video attacking Mitt Romney.

The video juxtaposes clips of Romney attacking Obama, followed by rebuttals in the form of clips of the president speaking at the Associated Press luncheon yesterday. The video is entitled “Mitt Romney vs. Reality” and the URL to Obama’s splash page calls it the “distortionvid,” but Obama does some distorting himself.

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