W.H. Struggles to Explain Why They Are Releasing Budget on N.H. Primary Day

"On the question of timing, obviously February in general is crowded this year. And statutory release dates, and frankly the fact, the budget done, we find the day that other distractions. Based on the president’s absolutely determined focus, using every day of his last year to deliver for the American people, we had a state of the union that was one of the earliest on record. We have already before today rolled out more than 20 specific proposals that are in the budget and we think given the distractions that we have more broadly, from candidates that are talking down the country and frankly presenting a dark picture of where the U.S. Is headed. We have been able to capture a remarkable amount of attention to a broad set of budget proposals that really are about the future and about the hopefulness the president has about the country so despite the timing of the day today this has been a budget release that has been on going for a number of weeks now and certainly my sense, I give a lot of credit to our first team and others that this is something where we really have captured the imagination in a lot of ways."