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Edited on Thu Dec-06-07 11:42 AM by MannyGoldstein
(sorry if this was posted previously - I just saw it in the NY Times)
Robert Reich, who served as secretary of labor under President Clinton, is dispirited by “the stridency and inaccuracy of charges in Iowa” made by the campaign of Hillary Clinton, whom he calls “my old friend.” Reich writes on his personal blog:
Yesterday, HRC suggested lacks courage. “There’s a big difference between our courage and our convictions, what we believe and what we’re willing to fight for,” she told reporters in Iowa, saying Iowa voters will have a choice “between someone who talks the talk, and somebody who’s walked the walk.” Then asked whether she intended to raise questions about ’s character, she said: “It’s beginning to look a lot like that.”
I just don’t get it. If there’s anyone in the race whose history shows unique courage and character, it’s Barack Obama. HRC’s campaign, by contrast, is singularly lacking in conviction about anything. Her pollster, Mark Penn, has advised her to take no bold positions and continuously seek the political center, which is exactly what she’s been doing.
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