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Clinton: The response to the NYT

Posted: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:09 AM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: 2008, Clinton

In what appears to be a response to the New York Times’ editorial on Wednesday that accused the Clinton campaign of taking the “low road,” campaign chief strategist Geoff Garin has a Washington Post op-ed defending the campaign's tactics. "Our campaign runs a TV ad Monday saying that the presidency is the toughest job in the world and giving examples of challenges presidents have faced and challenges the next president will face -- including terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, mounting economic dislocation, and soaring gas prices. The ad makes no reference -- verbal, visual or otherwise -- to our opponent; it simply asks voters to think about who they believe is best able to stand the heat. And we are accused, by some in the media, of running a fear-mongering, negative ad.”

“The day before this ad went on the air, David Axelrod, Barack Obama's chief strategist, appeared with me on ‘Meet the Press.’ He was asked whether Hillary Clinton would bring ‘the changes necessary’ to Washington, and his answer was ‘no.’ This was in keeping with the direct, personal character attacks that the Obama campaign has leveled against Clinton from the beginning of this race -- including mailings in Pennsylvania that describe her as ‘the master of a broken system.’”

“So let me get this straight. On the one hand, it's perfectly decent for Obama to argue that only he has the virtue to bring change to Washington and that Clinton lacks the character and the commitment to do so. On the other hand, we are somehow hitting below the belt when we say that Clinton is the candidate best able to withstand the pressures of the presidency and do what's right for the American people, while leaving the decisions about Obama's preparedness to the voters. Who made up those rules? And who would ever think they are fair?"

MSNBC


Fair play!