Campaign Aide Says Clinton’s Debate Tone “Will Be Civil”
(CBS)
LORAIN, OHIO -- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are gearing up for their third and final one-on-one debate in Cleveland, in what is being seen as a closing argument for both candidates before the March 4th primary. So how will Clinton approach tonight’s debate – will she aggressively attack her opponent, or will her strategy more muted?
“The tone will be civil,” said a source close to the Clinton campaign, but does not expect Clinton to roll over. “We feel there are strong contrasts to be made with Obama and we won't shy away from making them.”
Clinton and Obama were cordial with one another in last Thursday’s debate from Austin, Texas, where Clinton said she was “honored” to be on the same stage with her opponent. But just two days later, Clinton was in Cincinnati lashing out angrily at Obama for a negative mailer his campaign sent to Ohio voters. Members of the press began questioning Clinton’s opposing tones, asking her if her mild-mannered demeanor in Austin was a front. She downplayed the questions saying she was simply angry at the Obama campaign for the negative mailings.
Don't expect Clinton to throw the first punch tonight since she currently leads Obama in Ohio, making it less important for her to go on the offensive and draw those contrasts.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-wilson/batt... Huffington Post 2/13/08 %u201CBattle Tested%u201D By Joseph C. Wilson (Joe Wilson wrote the NYTimes Op ed piece %u201CWhat I Didn%u2019t find in Africa%u201D. This article documented his 2002 CIA investigation %u201CHad Iraq purchased (or attempted to purchase) uranium yellowcake from Niger%u201D. Answer%u2026NO.One week after his op-ed piece was published, Robert Novak disclosed Wilson''s wife''s classified covert CIA identity as "Valerie Plame" in his syndicated Washington Post column-thereby putting her life in jeopardy. Her long-established career was destroyed. Joe STRONGLY and VOCALLY opposed the war against Iraq. He counts himself as one of Hillary Clinton%u2019s strongest supporters for president in this campaign. This article gives good insight in to some of Hillary & Barrack%u2019s int%u2019l affairs positions.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/26/politics/main3876941.shtml CBS News 2/26/08 Does Obama''s Record Back His Rhetoric? CBSNews.com Reports: Democratic Frontrunner Promises To Bring Unity, But Work In Senate Limited Mostly To "Midrange Issues" Brian Montopoli %u2013Some insight into Barrack%u2019s domestic & int%u2019l oppositions
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/u... Times On Line-UK 12/21/07 ''Stay-at-home'' Barack Obama comes under fire for a lack of foreign experience%u201D By Tom Baldwin in Washington
I really hope that all the Kool-aid drinking Obama supporters don''t get to sick from his artificial and sickeningly sweet rhetoric. I hope they know that saccharine causes cancer for which there is no known cure!
Go get ''em Hillary!
Watching Obama wipe the floor with Hillary as she fires petty cheap shots $0
Watching Hillary squirm as the reality sinks in - Obama has more common sense in his pinky finger that she has in her whole body - and he''s finally not afraid to show it $0
Learning that the only decent point she made in the entire debate - the last 2 minutes - was NOT genuine or heartfelt, but actually a PLAGIARIZED PHRASE SHE STOLE FROM JOHN EDWARDS... PRICELESS!
The more she talks (yells) the crazier she sounds. She has absolutely no clue at all what this race is all about!
She keeps preaching "experience" when people want "change." She claims to know how to "work the levers" in Washington even though we all know the levers are broken!
She appears to be irrational, unstable, and desperate (with a split personality thrown in for good measure)...
"I''''m proud to be on the stage with you"...
"Shame on you"...
"Let''''s have a real campaign"...
"I''''m mean, let''''s have a smear campaign in which I accuse you of being a radical Muslim and circulate photos of you dressed like the Taliban."
Who can keep up? Pundits now call it the "Kitchen Sink" tactic. I call it mud slinging - just keep slinging and slinging - and see what might stick!
I keep waiting for the total meltdown when her head starts to spin and she keeps repeating, "SHAME ON YOU, AMERICA!" "VOTE FOR ME!" "SHAME ON YOU, AMERICA!" "VOTE FOR ME!" "SHAME ON YOU, AMERICA!" "VOTE FOR ME!" "SHAME ON YOU, AMERICA!" "VOTE FOR ME!"
She''s run a crazy campaign devoid of any rhyme or reason. How can we possibly trust her to run the country???
Barack Obama graduated from law school in 1991 returning to his home in Chicago to direct a voter registration drive and work as an attorney representing community organizers and work on voting rights cases and on civil rights cases. In 1993 he became a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School and in 1996 was elected to the Illinois State Senate where he served for 8 years prior to his election to the US Senate in November 2004. Combining his service as an Illinois State Senator and US Senator Barack Obama has been an elected official accountable to voters for 11 years.
Hillary has decided not to ridicule and insult Barack Obama and 10 million voters on national TV%u2026Now there is a surprise.