from John Boehner's office, following the debate:
Because the president clearly cannot run on his record, he has regrettably turned to the politics of envy and division.
Don't deny envy; don't ignore it, embrace it. But define it. Spell it out. If you will, "unpack" it.
The poor and middle class do envy the rich, but what they envy is not the third-through-sixth homes of the rich. The poor and middle class envy the security of having an affordable home, a secure job, the retirement they planned for, paying for children's no-longer affordable college. Their envy is not a wistful "I wish I had a Bentley" or "I wish somebody else would do the family laundry." And it's not being "bitter" as Mitt Romney called it, to envy those whose basic life's concerns do not weigh so heavily on them.