If Obama wants to put the last nail in the coffin to Clinton, he must expose this "mistatment" of the Bosnia story.
Ganesh Ji said 03/25, 11:22 AM
If Obama wants to put the last nail in the coffin to the Clintons, he must expose this "mistatment" of the Bosnia story. Obama is on vacation and he is missing a golden opportunity. This is the opportunity to expose the Clinton for who they really are - two Pinnochios that will do anything at all costs to win the Presidency. The Pennsylvania primary is around the corner and this could make a huge difference for Obama. Obama is not going to win Pennsylvania. However, this blatant "LIE" from Hillary Clinton will at least keep the primary close. So close that it will not really affect the delegate count and take away this momentum that Clinton has.
Whether you are for Clinton or McCain - this is a golden opportunity for Obama.
Tickers said 03/26, 10:17 AM
Obama needs to do nothing about this issue, since the media have picked it up and are likely to run with it for a few days. We'll likely see a downturn for her in some polls and then the media will get bored and find something else to talk about.
The Pennsylvania Primary is still 4 weeks away, and the news stories of today simply aren't the stories of tomorrow. Most swing voters change in the last few days before an election, and what is important is the picture the media are painting during those few days. Neither the Wright story nor Clinton's lie on Bosnia are likely to dominate the headlines, and without them in the news cycle most Americans will simply forget they ever happened.
Obama cannot much extend the story beyond what the media will run with, his campaign will play the game and release some comments about it, but his efforts are better spent worrying about the longer term gameplan and letting the media report what they want to.
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I think it's a really very silly comment to have made, but then everything she put forward on foreign policy was rather questionable. But the media chatter will still move on to other areas and deal with other things.
Tickers | 03/27/08
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Tickers, you seem to have a vast knowledge of American politics. Are you an American living abroad or are you English?
yngster | 03/27/08
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I'm afraid I am merely a humble Englishman (but with American blood via one of my Grandfathers), politics is something of an interest of mine (by training I'm a physicist). I've dipped in and out of American politics since the 2000 election but became a bit more interested in it when it became clear that we were tying our future to yours on Iraq (for the record personally I oppose it). I try to read what I can, usually starting from realclearpolitics, but I normally pass through the websites of CNN, ABC, MSNBC and Fox too (and of course the BBC website, but the coverage of the primaries is limited). For areas where my knowledge of American history is limited (of which there are many) I tend to google things to see what information is out there.
Tickers | 03/27/08
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By *it* I mean the Iraq war, not on tying British and American interests together, since I'm quite in favour of strong Anglo-American ties.
Tickers | 03/27/08
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I agree he should put the last nail in the coffin, it was in the new for like two days, wow that Rev. Wright thing lasted for weeks. Her statement(that she made three times) about Bosnia was a blatant lie and there is no excuse for that period.
lovejones | 04/02/08
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Can you beleive that she lied about bieng under sniper fire in Bosnia? I knew she'd shoot herself in the foot sooner or later. Sociopaths lie pathologically and they sabatoge themselves. Only a sociopath would lie about something like that.
yngster | 03/27/08
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