Unlikely: WH press secretary Jay Carney claims Obama’s attack on the SCOTUS misunderstood because he was speaking in “shorthand” and is a former law professor

Really? Does Carney think we are that stupid?

Via RCP:

White House press secretary Jay Carney tells the press corps that President Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court was misunderstood because he was speaking in “shorthand” since he is a former professor of law:

What I acknowledged yesterday is that speaking on Monday the president was not clearly understood by some people because he is a law professor, he spoke in shorthand.