How friggen dumb do they think we are?

Via The Hill:

The White House on Wednesday strongly denied that President Obama’s attack on the GOP budget was a campaign speech.

“This was a policy speech, that again had a great detail of detail attached to it,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney.

Obama blasted the Republican budget from Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday at a press luncheon, calling it a “radical vision” for the country.

Obama specifically criticized Romney, his likely opponent this fall, for praising the Ryan budget as “marvelous.” It was the first time Obama had mentioned Romney by name in a speech.

Many took Obama’s acknowledgement of Romney as a sign that the president has shifted into campaign mode, but Carney said that’s not the case.

“You can be sure that he won’t choose as a venue to give a campaign speech — especially his first campaign speech or official campaign speech — to an audience of editors, reporters and publishers who are professionally obligated to sit on their hands,” Carney said.