Obama and Clinton Draw Criticism
It was reported as the big nine day campaign spotlight for the Democratic party candidates. The YearlyKos gathering followed by an appearance in front of labor unions and then exposure to HRC/Logo. So far the YearlyKos crowd was displeased with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s attraction to lobbyists. They still don’t get it. The Clinton’s ‘whatever it takes’ attitude does not require playing by the rules. There will be no turning down special interest money. Failed health care reform campaign promises followed by dodging the consequences of questionable banking and real estate deals along with unexplained, alleged suicides and sex with interns in the White House was not enough to convince some people.
The YearlyKos crowd did not like Obama’s military threats in his foreign policy referred to as ‘naive and irrsponsible’ by his chief rival. So Obama replies that he wasn’t the one to vote for war in Iraq. First, when will he stop using that worn out line? And what does it have to do with his self-proclaimed foreign policy positions?
The 90 minute debate in front of the unions was essentially a repeat of the YearlyKos presentation. Biden and Edwards squared off on the only topic they could muster as candidates far behind the top two. A contest to show the unions who is the better of the two in supporting labor. Not much of an inspiring set of messages from the top and lower tier Democratic candidates. Have any of them considered presenting a coherent set of detailed plans in the event they are elected? This campaign is swiftly degrading to the futile activity of bashing each other. It must be what you do when you have nothing else to say.
Stanford Matthews
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Clinton, Obama targets in lively Dem debate
By Dan Balz
The Washington PostCHICAGO — Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came under sharp attack from their Democratic presidential rivals in a spirited debate in Chicago on Tuesday night, with Obama rebuked as irresponsible on foreign policy and Clinton accused of being too cozy with corporate America and Washington, D.C., lobbyists.