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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:11 AM
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Obama campaign offers apology for memo's tone
In the shadowy world of opposition research and not-for-attribution dossiers, things can get confusing.

On Thursday, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign circulated a memo criticizing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "(D-Punjab)" for having financial ties to India and encouraging the outsourcing of jobs. It included a joke the senator from New York told at a fundraiser with Indian Americans last year: "I can certainly run for the Senate seat in Punjab and win easily."


http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070617/REPOSITORY/906170339/1013/NEWS03

I didn't think he had anything to apologize for, but there you have it.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:17 AM
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1. I'll take it
If that's the kind of coverage that this thing gets in places like NH, it's a win for Obama. Readers will wonder more about Hillary's ties to India and her position on outsourcing than they will about the memo.
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Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:22 AM
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2. Fair game. I don't know why he should apologize. nt
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:34 AM
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4. I think it was fair game, too. And politics as usual.
But for that very reason it may be seen as a problem by Obama's handlers.

Still, I'd rather he engage in a no-holds-barred campaign than continue with the bring-us-all-together bullshit.

"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud, hatch out." (Robert Graves)

May the best man, or woman, win.




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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-17-07 09:31 AM
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3. What he needs to apologize for is poor message management.
Pushing a non-story makes him (his campaign) look like they are not ready for prime time. This was a sophomoric bone head mistake. Clean house please.
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