It seems that in both Texas and Ohio a majority of primary voters feel Hillary Clinton attacked Obama unfairly. Personally, I think Obama attacked her unfairly a little, too, but she attacked him unfairly a lot.
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Unfair
04 Mar 2008 07:47 pm
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Yes! Exactly.
I think Obama has been dipping his toe in the muck a little bit this week, and we're seeing an end result of the press is taking it to him harder than they have before. I realize they're not directly correlated - it's more of a Golden Rule thing.
It's funny though, the two issues on which Obama has been most dishonest - his "disapproval" of NAFTA and his negative mailers that distorted Clinton's views on health care and NAFTA - have had the worst backlash, in the form of Hillary's histrionic press conference and the whole Googlbusbygate.
It's nice that not only is Obama getting credit for running a remarkably clean campaign, he's also getting negative feedback as he starts to stray from it.
Speaking of unfair attacks, I'm so sick of Joe Scarborough's transparent bashing of Barack Obama and pretending to compliment Hillary Clinton. You'd think the guy was auditioning to be MSNBC's version of Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh. What a putz...
The early votes in Geauga and Hancock counties so far are a mixed bag. Geauga has lots of college degree holders but still went for Clinton 52-47. Hancock went 57-43 despite having just 21% degree holders.
My main concern with the attack was Clinton praising McCain in the process of putting down Obama. That's really going way way way over the line in a primary. There are certain lines you don't cross and for a top tier candidate to suggest that a Republican is stronger than her Democratic opponent is over that.
It looks like Clinton will win Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island. That's a tremendous achievement, and now we head into states - including PA - where she will do very well. That's good for Democrats, who have consistently supported her in higher numbers than Obama. It's bad for John Lewis who switched support and now will have to switch back to Hillary as the party lines up behind her for the convention.
Rock on Hillary!
Rock on Wayne! Rock on Garth!
Joe,
You might be jumping the gun on Texas, looks like a long night.
Obama is ahead in the Texas data so far, and RI/OH are very close. it's pretty clear that he wins on delegates for the night, and she needed a big gain to make a difference.
Look for the party elders to pull the plug, whether or not she wins narrowly in 2 or 3 states.
"I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. Senator John McCain has a lifetime of experience that he'd bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002."
Clinton said McCain has a lifetime of experience.
She didn't praise McCain at all. Clinton stated an indisputable fact, McCain has a lifetime of experience. He is 71, has served in the Senate for 21 years and has been involved in politics since 1977. Clinton didn't say McCain's was better than Obama. She didn't say he was stronger than Obama. She didn't say she preferred McCain to Obama.
The objectionable part of that comment is 'Obama has a speech'.
It looks like Clinton will win Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island. That's a tremendous achievement
3 (or maybe 2) out of 4 is much more impressive than 11 in a row.
and now we head into states - including PA - where she will do very well.
If we don't include PA, though, it'll be another tidal wave for Obama.
Joe Strummer
Yeah, he was a real DLC Democrat.
Maybe "reading is fundamental," but you really need to work on your comprehension of simple spoken English.
In case you don't understand what I'm getting at, this is a criticism of your comment, not praise or a simple statement of fact.
Fair or unfair, Barack had better get used to the idea of getting back to his Chi-town roots and getting a little dirty. There may be a backlash as he's not supposed to be that kind of politician but if he doesn't learn to hit back against Clinton then he'll have no chance against the RNC and their cronies in the media. This part of the campaign - learning how to counterpunch against negative attacks and coverage in the press - is ugly but it is necessary.
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Heads in the Sand
What pushed them over the edge- the whole "John McCain and I are both really great but Obama sucks" thing?
When I saw that, I figured she wants to be McCain's vice-president.
Posted by Helter | March 4, 2008 7:56 PM