White House reporters grilled President Obama’s spokesman yesterday about apparent hypocrisy on the part of the president, and the White House Press Secretary didn’t seem to appreciate the questions.

Obama’s decision to take advantage of campaign finance rules permitting superPACs, which he has decried as a “threat to our democracy,” dominated the early part of the briefing.  “What is the point of taking a principled stand and campaigning against something if then you switch course and abandon it for the sake of strategy?” the Associated Press’s Ben Feller asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who dodged the question and argued that Obama still opposed superPACs, but would not yield the fundraising advantage to Democrats.

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