Opinion: It’s getting nasty out there, folks
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Whatever happened to all that lovey-dovey stuff from the Democratic debates, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sounded as if they were the co-presidents of the Candidates Mutual Admiration Society?
Today the Obamans railed against Clinton, with campaign manager David Plouffe calling her a ‘deeply flawed nominee,’ suggesting that if the Democrats went with her in the fall there’d be four more years of a Republican White House. ‘She is not seen as trustworthy by the American people,’ Plouffe said. ‘It will nearly be impossible to win a general election if more than half the electorate thinks you’re untrustworthy.’
The Clintonites tossed their own handful of rocks. In an unsigned e-mail to reporters this morning, the campaign accused Obama of disenfrachising voters and practicing ‘low-down politics’ and concluded -- without citing anyone specific -- that ‘it’s no wonder that top journalists are calling the Obama campaign desperate, saying that it’s amateur hour in Chicago.’
Alert the kids: Mom and Dad seem to be heading for divorce.
-- Scott Martelle
