Obama '08?

Yeah, Thomas cited those comments by Obama as a reason that Obama lost his (Thomas') support.

It's just mystifying that the idea wasnt shot down in time by a more level-headed mind in the campaign.

Clinton is playing with fire.

nimh said

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It's just mystifying that the idea wasnt shot down in time by a more level-headed mind in the campaign.

My guess, worth the little that it's worth, is that the speed of things is increasing rapidly now and this sort of mistake is likely to become more common. Nimh and I agree that Clinton's campaign was appropriately addressing Barack's line of attack/criticism on "long planning for presidency". But they clearly didn't predict how this would land in the media. Everybody, msnbc, fox, cnn, etc ...everybody jumped on this immediately with hobnail boots. Why? Because it so perfectly matches the narrative that has been established about Hillary.

soz

I understand. There's no way I can claim I have this right nor even that I won't reformulate my notions on this matter.

I think the "joke" thing is going to backfire, too, though. Nobody's going to believe 'em. That goes back to ruthless, say anything to win, dishonest, and other stuff that I think the campaign wants to avoid. Resonant stuff.

Don't do it!!!

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first, notice that Hillary's camp is now describing this kindergarten thing as a "joke". That's important not just as a means of minimizing damage through claiming the intent was "x" rather than "y" but also because it suggests light-heartedness, humor, playfulness...all warm and unserious notions.

blatham wrote:

first, notice that Hillary's camp is now describing this kindergarten thing as a "joke". That's important not just as a means of minimizing damage through claiming the intent was "x" rather than "y" but also because it suggests light-heartedness, humor, playfulness...all warm and unserious notions.

Except nobody's buying it...

An inflatable doll would have as good a chance at beating Rudy or Huckabee as Obama would as I see the race now.

Brand X wrote:

An inflatable doll would have as good a chance at beating Rudy or Huckabee as Obama would as I see the race now.

This is the first time I've ever seriously considered becoming first gentleman.

"Nobody can risk looking disrespectful to the president without paying a price, and they need to understand that," said Mr. Rove, Mr. Bush's former top political adviser.



Republican strategist Scott Reed says that what the "White House critics fondly referred to as Bush's stubbornness" is beginning to pay dividends on a host of issues that voters care about, from the war in Iraq to a scientific breakthrough that shows embryos don't need to be destroyed for stem-cell research.



Still, some Democratic presidential candidates, most notably Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, have continued to run against Mr. Bush. But that strategy will likely miss the mark, Mr. Rove told The Washington Times yesterday.



"If the Democrats make this about, as they seem to be inclined to do, 'I'm not Bush, and I'll do everything different than Bush did,' the American people understand that Bush is not on the ballot," he said.



"I think it's one of the reasons why Hillary Clinton is not doing well against named Republicans candidates, because all she can talk about is how she's not Bush."



Hovering at a dismal 29 percent approval rating just as Gen. David H. Petraeus, ground commander in Iraq, testified before Congress on the surge in September, Mr. Bush has since jumped to 36 percent in a poll late last month.