Earnest: ‘The President Is Pleased on the Record that He Has Amassed in His 6 Years’

‘The president is pleased with the success that he has had on behalf of the American people in pursuing the kinds of values that he wants’

Earnest: "The President Is Pleased On The Record That He Has Amassed In His 6 Years In Office" (RealClearPolitics)

CHRIS JANSING, MSNBC: We know that the president is going to be with Gov. Malloy but is there a sense at this point with the clock ticking about how much more we'll see him, particularly with Democratic gubernatorial and Senate candidates in these closing weeks?

JOSH EARNEST, WH: I do anticipate that the president will make additional campaign appearances beyond the event tomorrow, we'll have some campaign events in which the president will be speaking in addition to that is already taking place tomorrow. 

JANSING: Alison Lundergan Grimes is distancing herself in campaign ads. Natalie Tennant, Mark Begich, Mark Pryor, Joe Garcia have all distanced themselves from the president. Is this disappointing to you?

EARNEST: No, the president is pleased on the record he has amassed in his almost six years in office, from ensuring that we could recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. To putting in place that were critical to the success and rebuilding -- a renaissance of the U.S. auto industry. Shepherded a process that reformed our healthcare system in a way that has paid dividends for small businesses and middle class families all across the country. On the president's watch we've seen the biggest reform of the financial system since the Great Depression, in a way that has significantly increased protections for consumers. 

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