One day after issuing a private warning to the Tennessee Republican Party over their use of Barack Obama's middle name in a press release, the RNC this morning went public with their complaint.



“The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics," said national party chairman Mike Duncan in a statement sent unsolicited to Politico. "We believe this election needs to be about the critical issues confronting our nation.”



As reported here last night, an RNC official yesterday called down to Nashville to put them on warning that if they used "Hussein" again they would be publicly repudiated by the national party.



But in a reflection of the danger the issue poses for their likely nominee, the national party decided this morning to move more swiftly about expressing their unhappiness.

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