{"id":239760,"date":"2010-01-27T20:02:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T01:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c60fd53ef0120a81a5ef7970b"},"modified":"2010-01-27T22:02:53","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T03:02:53","slug":"quinn-blasts-hynes-over-obama-mailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/239760","title":{"rendered":"Quinn blasts Hynes over Obama mailing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by David Heinzmann <\/em>at 7:02 p.m.<\/p>\n

Gov. Pat Quinn today accused his primary opponent, Comptroller Dan Hynes, of misusing President Barack Obama’s words in a campaign mailing attacking the governor’s tax plan. <\/p>\n

The mailing quotes Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that raising taxes on the middle class during a recession is a bad idea. Hynes has campaigned accusing Quinn of pushing a plan to raise income taxes across the board, including the middle class, while the comptroller wants targeted increases for the affluent only. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The mailing then states that Obama opposes Quinn’s kind of plan. <\/p>\n

"Pat Quinn’s 50% tax hike on the middle-class is NOT what Barack Obama thinks we need," the mailing says.<\/p>\n

Quinn’s camp said today that the mailer suggests that the president has endorsed Hynes. Obama has not taken a position in the Feb. 2\u00a0governor primary.<\/p>\n

"Today the Hynes campaign hit yet another historic low," said Quinn spokeswoman Elizabeth Austin, alluding to previous attack ads.<\/p>\n

Hynes spokesman Matt McGrath dismissed the criticism and said it was not intended to imply Obama is backing Hynes.<\/p>\n

In Springfield, Hynes brushed off a reporter’s question about his own campaign’s use of Obama.<\/p>\n

"You’ll have to ask somebody else about the mailers," Hynes said at a campaign stop. "I haven’t been paying attention to that."
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