It was reported last Friday that the Clinton campaign was divided on how to respond to Obama's momentum. One group argued that she should be much more aggressive in drawing distinctions between herself and Obama. The other group argued that personal, hard-edged attacks would be counter-productive and that she should focus her message on herself and what she had to offer as as candidate. Judging from developments within the last twenty-four hours, it is clear that Clinton opted for the advice of the former. In a fit of anger, she lashed out at the Obama campaign for its release of fliers to Ohio voters about Clinton's positions on health care and NAFTA. "Shame on you, Barack Obama," Clinton said. "It is time you ran a campaign consistent with your messages in public. That's what I expect from you. Meet me in Ohio. Let's have a debate about your tactics and behavior in this campaign."
All this sounds like a desperate candidate who senses, however painfully, the futility of her situation.
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The Clinton machine is firing on all cyclinders. Apparently, angry tirades are not enough. A picture of Obama in a turban and ethnic African garb that he donned during a trip to Kenya is being circulated. This is a shameless attempt to depict Obama as a muslim thereby striking fear into the voters. Of course, the Clinton campaign has denied any wrong doing (I think Billy Clinton corned the market on denials, "i did not have sexual relations with that woman"-yeah right!)
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