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Obama's Friday news dump was in advance of assault on Hillary's secrecy
Filed under: Hillary Clinton
Politicians love to release bad news on Friday, because nobody's paying attention. And boy, did Obama use the opportunity to unload a lot of baggage.
This week, Obama finally opened up about Tony Rezko, his fundraiser and real-estate fixer, and one of the few ethical lapses that seems to be gaining traction as Hillary looks for a chink in Obama's armor.
As if that wasn't enough, Obama also dumped Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his long time confidant (who even gave him the title of his book), after footage circulated of Wright denouncing America.
So what is going on here? Is Obama wilting in the spotlight? Is Clinton scoring points with the judges?
Well, this Chicago Tribune story suggests its a pre-emptive bit of housecleaning before an all-out assault on Hillary Clinton over the issue of secrecy.
PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Sen. Barack Obama is trying to air his dirty laundry -- even some items that might appear just a little wrinkled -- as he prepares a full assault on Sen. Hillary Clinton over ethics and transparency.
The Obama campaign seems to be launching that assault today, according to this CNN story:
(CNN) — Barack Obama's campaign on Sunday stepped up its efforts to portray rival Hillary Clinton as a secretive politician, calling the New York senator a "veteran of non-disclosure."In a conference call with reporters Sunday afternoon, Obama's top aides implored Clinton to release past tax returns, earmark requests, documents from husband’s Presidential Library and the list of donors to the Library.
"What is Sen. Clinton hiding and what is lurking in the documents?" Obama Communications Director Robert Gibbs asked on the conference call.
David Axelrod, the campaign's chief strategist, also repeated the campaign's past claim that the New York senator remains to be fully vetted, and suggested Republicans could unearth now unknown details about Clinton.
Didn't she promise to release these documents after Texas/Ohio? Why are we still waiting?
Posted by Kevin Hoffman at March 16, 2008 3:46 PM
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Kevin, we're still waiting because she reckoned they'd be ready for release around April 15th, which is after Texas/Ohio - but we're still in March for, goodness sake.
And don't expect anything revelatory when Clinton does release them - April 5th is ahead of Pennsylvania's Primary and in fact she could have given herself until the end of May, technically.
By the way, there's lots Obama could release too, if he wanted, and I'm not referring to Rezko.
Posted by: Alex W at March 16, 2008 4:34 PM
Hey Alex, tell us what it's like to work for the Clinton campaign. Talk about transparency.
Posted by: James J at March 16, 2008 8:20 PM
When the author is in Obama's pocket, what's the issue with a rebuttal from someone in Clinton's camp? I might actually swallow my tongue if I see a piece of objective journalism or critical insight come out of Hoffman. Hell, I am "still waiting" for any support for his shallow observations. I have no problem if someone wants to take a position, but it helps to have some well-founded facts and some logical reasoning, especially if you are supposed to be a reporter.
Posted by: Still Waiting at March 17, 2008 7:47 AM
