WE HAVE THE POLITICS OF SLAM DANCING
Given Hillary's jumping into an O'Reilly wet dream with an eye-popping willingness to put her 'personal opinions' up for inspection right alongside her policy prescriptions, promising to drag the Party to the same kind of electoral fate as her erstwhile supporter, Geraldine Ferraro, we have the politics of slam dancing.
The depraved inability for FOX, who have reportedly parked a van outside of Trinity, to look away was highlighted again, as Brit Hume led the national news slot with the Clinton comments. That's right, according to FOX, there is no development more newsworthy...
"[Everybody] Slam Dancing", it's only natural - The Kinks
[p-dog is always a bit alarmed when I make up my own words for songs, but sometimes I just like my own better. And yes, I've sung it that way long before BHO v HRC.]
Seriously, it's time to end it. There is little or nothing about Democratic values that Hillary is getting into the news. The upcoming "debates" are just as likely to be caustic beyond belief, than a good forum for the Democratic Party to turn events to its advantage.
The feckless, long wait for her to opinionate we can guess is the result of waiting for Mark Penn-like polls to tell her that it was "o.k." to "contrast" herself on the issue. The idea that she was merely asked a question is not convincing in the least, anymore than it was for Ferraro, who used the same formulation to "explain" her comments (including the substance of them).
What's more, there is the same facile separation of "personal opinion" from public stance that comes across as manipulative (especially to those familiar with her language on gay marriage), because there is no public stance that is apart from the personal one - does Hillary really believe that a President should public positions on which ministers are fit? If she imagines putting herself at the center of controversy will somehow help, it may, at most, show that the Rodhams probably didn't get over to the South Side, much, or that Hillary has "tests" for Christianity that she is unwilling to share, other than in summary "personal opinions". What a waste.
OBAMA'S TEAM PREPARED?
We can ask, was the Obama team ready for Clinton's remarks. Did they anticipate them? I have to say their reply didn't look terribly ... coordinated. On the other hand, notice how the Clinton's campaign were prepared to draw a firewall around Richardson, almost immediately.
Does Obama need more game out of his crew, somehow? I honestly don't know, so I'll leave it for others to ask and answer. And, by that, I don't mean more nastiness, just an ability to land a series of consistent blows.
MORE WRIGHT TO COME
We've heard that there is more of Reverend Wright to come. How do you handle that as a strategist for Obama?
