Of crack-ups and flops
Hillary should have realised that negative campaigning won’t work after her, “Change you can Xerox,” line flopped so badly. People are drawn to Obama because he represents something different - a positive voice. Turning nasty won’t win them over. In atttacking Obama like this, it looks like she’s the one indulging in Karl Rove tactics - and thus a hypocrite.
Of course, Obama can’t really point this out. It’d look like he was turning nasty then - indulging a sordid and petty row, sinking to Hillary’s level. That wouldn’t look very good for him, given that it’s the very behaviour he stands against. And so he hasn’t gone fully on the attack here - just denied the allegations.
That doesn’t stop others going on the attack on his behalf though…
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