Clinton needs to point out the strange alliance of Obama and the right-wing

It's indisputable that Hillary's "high negatives" among Republicans are due to years of right-wing attacks. And this is something Obama has no qualms about using openly to his advantage. It's very slick indeed.

And he should be called on it.

It would hit Obama in his strength -- that being Hillary's "negatives."

Of course the best part -- it's the truth.

Ed: typo

he must be called out on.

They have done stupider things, but this would be beyond the pale.

of right-wing attacks. It's a winner. No one likes that kind of alliance with the opposition.

and total gridlock?

Double check me on this, but it seems that droves of our countrymen are turning that approach down.

he must be made accountable for.

Your warrior queen is too busy hoping to play catch-up.

Hillary is trying to change her campaign before it's too late. In fact she's hoping it's not already too late.

Why not write a letter to the editor?

You can be the accountibilty you seek.

Let us know if they publish it, OK?

By all means LET'S have that debate.

No Democrat did more to protect BushInc over the last two decades.

I side with Obama, Kennedy and Kerry. You side with Clintons and Bushes.

Nuff Said.

She is no supporter of him.

there are MANY MANY voters who (whether right or wrong in their view) could very well, or would even be likely to, vote for a Democrat for president, who will not vote for Hillary Clinton. Anti-Clinton sentiment based on factors like 'triangulation' and, eg, her choosing to reopen the whole issue of flag-burning, for apparently purely opportunistic reasons. After all, in "triangulating" and engaging in other strategems to supposedly win over swing voters (including her fairly hawkish politics, for a Democrat), she surely CHOSE to follow a course that would inexorably alienate many voters on both the "far" left (such as myself) and the liberal left.

One of the various canards being put forward repeatedly on DU, actually moreso as other Obama-bashing memes have either bitten the dust or lost their sting, is that he is somehow being promoted, presumably mainly secretly, by the rightwing. I have not seen evidence of that and this OP doesn't furnish any.

Should she be called on that? Many think that's true.

They are all about creating doubts in your mind, regardless of who you support. They want you to think there is going to be this "hard-sell" for either of our candidates. Have you not seen the number voters in the primaries? There has never been more excitment to vote for a Democrat in decades. Their only course of action is supress your energy, thus your vote and keep you from being excited about getting 5-10 friends to vote along with you.

I have been hearing from friends for years that the reason they listen to Rush or watch O'Liley is to hear what is being said. Trust me, turn it off and focus on reality. The problem with the Dems in congress today is that they are worried about what will be said about them by the Right-Wing propaganda machine. Look, when they stood up to them in regard to the privatization of SS, they were lambasted in the press, but it worked. Same with calling Bush on the FISA stuff this weekend.

The only way they influence the election is if you beleive what they are selling. Just turn it off and go get 10 friends to vote for Democrats in 2008.

You people really need to get over yourselves and realize that unless some in the right wing are at least neutral on our candidate, we have almost no chance of winning. Further, just because he is close with some right wingers doesn't mean he is a right winger. Obama will be more progressive than Bill Clinton and will get more republican votes by far than him....if there is something wrong with that please let me know.

THIS IS A WHOLE COUNTRY, NOT A RIGHT WING, A CENTER, AND A LEFT WING....AS LONG AS OBAMA IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT I WOULD IMPLORE HIM TO ALLY HIMSELF WITH EVERYONE, NOT JUST LEFTISTS.

Besides, I would rather him ally with people than with lobbyists like Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

My point is that Obama has craftily used the effects of the long right-wing attacks against Hillary -- and has thereby validated those attacks.

It is Obama who is creating the division by capitalizing on what he claims to oppose.

HILLARY and her baggage are why she has high negatives. Sure some of the attacks on Hillary are unfair. But her actions beget the negatives. Like how she goes negative on Obama whenever she gets behind. And how she triangulates and double-speaks on policy. And how she takes more corporate lobbyist money than many Republicans. And how she sends out Bill to attack-dog Obama. And on and on and on. Hey, if she's nominated I'll vote for her, but half the country doesn't like her and her baggage, and she has earned much of it. Also, she wouldn't have such high negatives without the "help" of MANY Independents in those polling surveys. MANY Independents, NOT right wingers, don't like her either. At the same time, Obama's positives are DAMN GOOD and much better than Hillary's. GO OBAMA !

and Obama openly uses that perception to his advantage.

The trouble is, he's now validated those attacks -- an alliance with the opposition.

Not a good trait in a leader.

Ed. And I'm talking about perceptions created in the past -- not this campaign. Obama has used these perceptions created in the past openly to his advantage.

..is that Hillary hasn't yet figured out that she *is* the opposition to the democratic party.