In his Sunday, February 9th column, Frank Rich clarifies the divide between Clinton and Obama, not in terms of history, race, gender, class or policy, but rather by the choices that each has made in their more recent rounds of campaigning. On this score, Rich is highly critical of Hillary (and Bill’s) tactics.
Could it be that the first woman to run for President will be defeated not by anti-women prejudices, which are mountainous, or by utopian idealism or the coolness factor of her younger and sexier opponent, but rather by her own trail of bad decisions?
Staged and obviously phony town-halls, race-baiting, both by patronizing Obama and by playing Hispanic against blacks, as well as suggestions of Obama drug use, non-disclosure of their tax returns, and even outright inaccurate accusations.
The question Rich asks is how low will the Clinton campaign go in its fight for victory and what effect will that have on the party nominee’s chances of victory in November. Years of daily battles with hateful conservative foes during Bill’s presidency has created a sort of siege mentality among the Clintons that counts “survival” as an end that justifies some highly questionable means.
Curiously enough, as I write this, there is news that Clinton’s campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, who has been with Hillary since 1992 will be replaced.
Taking a similar position on Hillary is the notable Lawrence Lessig, who created the following video where he outlines the long tail of Clinton errors and why he now supports Obama.
