Obama to take on Former President Clinton
The buzz today will surely be Barack Obama taking on the former President of the United States.
Sen. Barack Obama says he’s ready to confront former President Bill Clinton, calling his advocacy on behalf of his wife’s presidential campaign, “troubling.”
In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts to air Monday on “Good Morning America,” Obama, D-Ill., directly engages Bill Clinton on a series of issues.
Will this tactic work? In all honesty, I would love to see it set the Clinton’s back on their heels, but they are ruthless, determined individuals who have never allowed anyone or anything to get in the way of their perceived entitlement to power.
The GOP will be faced with the same dilemma should the Clinton’s be the Democratic nominee. And yes, I say Clinton’s. Why else would a former President inject himself into a campaign to the extent Bill has? What other President can you point to who has gone to the lengths he has to promote not only a candidate but his wife?
Barack is right, he needs to stay on the attack. He will do the electorate a tremendous favor if he can prevent another co-presidency. Then perhaps we will never again be subjected to this:
Did we all pay attention in Nevada? Barack receives the endorsement of a powerful union, well let’s just run to the courts. Better yet, when the outcome of the caucus was still in doubt a
former President runs to the press with this story:
Today when my daughter and I were wandering through the hotel, and all these culinary workers were mobbing us telling us they didn’t care what the union told them to do, they were gonna caucus for Hillary.
There was a representative of the organization following along behind us going up to everybody who said that, saying ‘if you’re not gonna vote for our guy were gonna give you a schedule tomorrow so you can’t be there.’ So, is this the new politics? I haven’t seen anything like that in America in 35 years. So I will say it again – they think they’re better than you.
to which the union responded:
“This is ludicrous,” Culinary Workers political director Pilar Weiss told Politico. She said the union is “aware that some workers aren’t going to vote our way” and doesn’t engage in intimidation.
“The fact that they lost a lawsuit aimed at suppressing workers’ votes, and that now they’re trying to hold on to these baseless claims is ridiculous,” she said.
Funny, now that Hillary took home the prize from Nevada, this has become a non-story. Would the press ignor such behavior from the GOP? I think not. That is neither here nor there though.
Volumes have been written on the past indiscretions of the Clinton’s. Is it possible Obama will be the one to finally put this chapter in our history to rest?
If I were a betting person I would not put my money on the challenger but I would do so hoping I would lose.
Written by Sue
Tony Iovino Says:
January 21st, 2008 at 7:39 amVisit Tony Iovino
If he is going to confront Bill–disbarred for perjury–Clinton every time Bill lies, Obama is going to be the busiest man in America.
Sue Says:
January 21st, 2008 at 8:28 amVisit Sue
Tony:
Thanks for visiting.
I could not agree more with your comment. This will be very interesting though if he follows through and really takes on the former President.