Cafferty: Scandal Attacks
Background: “It’s interesting when you consider that Obama hasn’t brought up any of the past Clinton scandals during the campaign… you know, all of the stuff that’s part of Clinton’s experience like: Whitewater, Travelgate, Monica Lewinsky and impeachment, renting out the Lincoln bedroom, the loss of the Rose Law Firm billing records for nearly 2 years until they were miraculously found in the White House living quarters, removing files from Vince Foster’s office following his suicide and before investigators could get there.”
Question: “How much will Barack Obama’s relationship with Tony Rezko and his adviser’s meeting with a Canadian official about NAFTA hurt his chances today?”
Answer: “I think the question is will the number of people convinced by Hillary’s attempts to make a big deal out of a non-issue outweigh the number of people her tactics push away from her?”
As for Obama not going after the scandals you mentioned it’s because he’s running a campaign of honour and is loyal to the party in that he doesn’t want to attack a possible nominee on non-substantive issues. Unfortunately Hillary isn’t holding herself to as high a standard. She seems to be valuing herself over the party and the quality of the discourse. That kind of behavior is just as likely to cost her more votes than any smear campaign is likely to garner her.
