February 29, 2008
Her Red Phone Moment Has Come And Gone
David Plouffe, Barack Obama's campaign manager, dismissed Hillary Clinton's powerful new TX TV ad, which asks voters whom they want answering the phone at 3 a.m. in the White House when a crisis occurs.
"We don’t think the ad’s going to be effective at all," he said, "because Sen. Clinton has already had her red phone moment. It was the decision about whether to let go Bush invade Iraq. ... This is about what you say when you answer that phone. What kind of judgment you demonstrate."
Plouffe said Clinton failed to read the National Intelligence Estimate, and he said that her 2002 vote for the Iraq war resolution puts her in a category with George W. Bush and John McCain.
In numbers news, meanwhile, Plouffe declined to provide specifics about Obama's February fundraising take. Clinton's team announced yesterday that they raised $35M this month. While there are some reports circulating that the Obama campaign raised as much as $50M, Plouffe would only say today that they've done better than their rival. Plouffe said Obama received money from more new donors in February than January.
"We’ve raised considerably more than Clinton’s total, which is a very impressive total," Plouffe said.
Details to come, he promised.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 11:04 AM
Comments
No doubt, answering the red phone at 3 am, cult leader Obama would preach "hope, inspiration, change" to diffuse a world crisis.
Just like President George W. Bush, cult leader Obama has no background or experience in foreign affairs or national security.
Cult leader Obama doesn't really care about American lives. He heads the Afghanistan committee but held not one hearing; instead he sacrificed the lives of innocent Americans to campaigning for the presidency.
Hillary Clinton is the commander in chief rational Americans want answering the red phone at 3 a.m.
Hillary Clinton is about the future of America; she is the qualified, experienced, visionary leader America needs to make change real and restore America to prosperous times and restore our good standing in the world.
crat3 | 02.29.08 12:00 PM
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"...cult leader Obama..."
Woh. I had no idea I was in a cult - whatever will I do now?
Aside from her 2 terms as a Senator, Hillary's "experience" seems to be a lotta smoke. I mean, did Nancy Reagan's tenure as First Lady somehow qualify HER to be predident?
If only Ladybird Johnson were still alive - THAT woman had a spine, lemmetellya...
Joe Kerr | 02.29.08 12:18 PM
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Plouffe said Clinton failed to read the National Intelligence Estimate, and he said that her 2002 vote for the Iraq war resolution puts her in a category with George W. Bush and John McCain.
Barack Obama, Chicago Tribune, July 27, 2004:
"On Iraq, on paper, there's not as much difference, I think, between the Bush administration and a Kerry administration as there would have been a year ago," Obama said during a luncheon meeting with editors and reporters of Tribune newspapers. "There's not that much difference between my position and George Bush's position at this stage. The difference, in my mind, is who's in a position to execute."
Obama had his red phone moment too.
corinne | 02.29.08 12:25 PM
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Fear Mongering Anyone?
Did somebody from the Bush politcal team dream up the Red Phone ad?
"One of Clinton's laws of politics is, if one candidate is trying to scare you, and the other one is trying to make you think, if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes. You better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."
Bill Clinton October 25, 2004
Personally I'm going to follow Bill's advice!
Obama 08
mike | 03.01.08 02:19 AM
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