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Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Barack Obama of being ‘naive and irresponsible’ for his position on Iran and that he would open talks with them. She said she would not talk with them in the first year of being President but suggested ‘low level’ talks from State. She added Obama would know those things if he had the experience she did. This contradicts the calls by the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate, including other Democratic party candidates Senator Joe Biden and Senator Chris Dodd as reported here yesterday. But Clinton did not extend her criticism to anyone but Obama.

A new report from the Washington Post indicates Clinton’s campaign advisers thought they won the argument while this blog indicated they may have exposed their campaign’s first flaws. And the Obama camp is not letting this go yet. They returned fire with Clinton’s vote authorizing the use of military force in Iraq as ‘naive and irresponsible’. Whether you support the troops and victory in Iraq or don’t support the troops and favor surrender, it has been mentioned here often that most in Congress did not review the available information on the resolution before voting. Obama’s appraisal has merit for those who did not perform due diligence for an informed vote. Supporting victory or surrender does not change the fact that there were mistakes made before going to war but an obligation to Iraq exists regardless of that fact. The point is, being poorly informed and therefore making an uninformed decision does not relieve the parties from the obligation produced by the decision. That is why the decision should be made more carefully.

That said, in the report from the Washington Post, Biden and Dodd weigh in and essentially echoed the point from this blog yesterday. That in calling Obama ‘naive and irresponsible’ she was including the rest of the Democratic leadership and specifically, Biden and Dodd. It is fair to say that Biden and Dodd were not impressed. So much for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s claim of superior experience. This latest flap is a rookie mistake by Clinton. Yesterday this blog characterized Clinton’s manipulation of the debate question as bush league. It was and she is.

Stanford Matthews
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For Clinton and Obama, A Debate Point Won’t Die

By Anne E. Kornblut and Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, July 27, 2007; A08

A debate moment that might have quickly come and gone has erupted into the sharpest battle of the Democratic nominating contest, with Sen. Barack Obama yesterday comparing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s position on meeting with the leaders of hostile states to the adamant refusal of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

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