Obama Directly Attacks Bill's Presidency, Blames It For Massive Dem Losses
In what may be Obama's most direct and aggressive criticism of Bill Clinton's presidency yet, the Obama campaign dropped a new mailer just before Super Tuesday that blasts "the Clintons" for wreaking massive losses on the Democratic party throughout the 1990s.
"8 years of the Clintons, major losses for Democrats across the nation," reads the mailer, which goes on to list the post-1992 losses suffered by Dems among governors, Senators and members of the House of Representatives. The mailer was forwarded to us by a political operative who told us it was sent to Alaska, though it was probably sent elsewhere, too.
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Obama has already taken direct aim at the Clinton presidency, arguing in a widely-discussed interview that the GOP was the "party of ideas" during the last decade and a half. This mailer represents more direct criticism of Bill, as well as an overt effort to tie Hillary to the Dem losses suffered under his Presidency -- and raise the specter of more Dem losses under a Hillary one.
In the mailer, Obama is pointing to Dem losses in the 1990s to bolster his core message that a Hillary candidacy would polarize the nation and cripple efforts to build a long-term progressive majority. Obama argues that he'll be less alienating than Hillary to independents and Republicans, due to the fact that he's unencumbered by the baggage of the 1990s.
The mailer could signal that Obama plans to press this argument about the Clinton presidency more aggressively in the days ahead. View the full mailer after the jump.
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