The Clinton campaign has begun to come with both barrels with negative attacks on Barak Obama. After losing badly in Iowa, a third place finish, Clinton has come out quickly on the offensive before the debate Saturday in New Hampshire.
The first attack is a completely misleading direct mail piece to New Hampshire voters questioning Obama’s commitment to abortion rights. A quick check of Obama’s record shows that during his eight years in the legislature, Obama cast a number of votes on abortion and received a 100 percent rating from the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council for his support of abortion rights, family planning services and health insurance coverage for female contraceptives. He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive, a vote that especially riled abortion opponents.
So there you go the first strike and it wrong. Clinton will have to do better than this to stop Obama’s juggernaut. Clinton needs to regain her composure and craft a clear message that she can get the job done. A strong showing in tonight’s debate could boost Clinton more than direct mail piece.
N, it’s hard to respond because instead of quoting her, you characterized her words as
“completely misleading.”
Would it have been better to let the candidate speak so we could agree that the words she chose for the attack were misleading?
Comment by Bart — January 8, 2008 @ 12:09 am