"She was also involved in helping her husband win congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal she now criticizes and says she would try to change.Her schedule for Nov. 10, 1993, shows her speaking at a NAFTA briefing closed to the media, with 120 people expected to attend."

http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/hrcschedules.html

Doesn't that contradict her claim about not supporting NAFTA in the White House?

Greg:

Funny enough he addressed this very "non-troversy" in the speech. I'm sure there's video of it available (I think Halperin has piece up on his website). Or at a minimum, you could post the full speech (or parts of it). Or something to water-down the image of you being a conduit for the Clinton disinformation machine.

Just because a campaign forwards you crap, doesn't mean you have to post it without a balanced picture--we can go directly to the campaign websites for that.

Is this HillaryClinton.com or TPM? Because I sure am confused nowadays.

Look, I don't mind the fact that Dkos and MyDD are split over thier candidates, but I expect this place to be a bit more neutral. And yet every day it feels more and more like HillaryHub. All I want from this place is some evenhandedness - is that too much to ask? If so, I'll go somewhere else.

Yes she was. Of course we don't find this out till AFTER the OHIO and TEXAS primaries.

What ELSE will we hear only AFTER Pennsylvania's primary?

Guys, please stop with the bias stuff. Greg is reporting spin and tactics, not endorsing them. If he said, "New AWESOME campaign video..."

This is the Hillary campaign's official response to Obama's speech today. Posting it is no different from posting a statement from the campaign. It is news, and this isn't changed by the fact that some people find its contents questionable.

This is ugly. The timing of it, just a day after Obama's 'racist granny" speech, makes her look petty.

Greg Sargent, you are worthless.

I want ALL the information I can get from any and all credible sources. This is news to me...this video...not Hillary's accusation.

Would the person that said Hillary said she, "couldn't GUARANTEE she would withdraw the troops" -- please post the link to this statement?

I just don't see this as that effective. Who's it supposed to sway?

The clip of Powers calling the immediate withdrawal part the "best case scenario" seems pretty reasonable. One that the Clinton campaign would probably agree with (not publicly, of course).

If it's supposed to sway antiwar voters, that dog won't hunt, thanks to Clinton's own voting record.

If it's supposed to sway military families, the "best case scenario" seems pretty reasonable.

So the only point of sending it out must be to influence the media description of Obama's Iraq speech.

As a campaign ad, I think it sucks, btw.

Memories......Oh how I wish they'd go away~~~~~~
By Hillary Clinton

Stories like this about Monica are EXACTLY why I don't think Americans want to go thru another campaign discussing these EVENTS, nor do they want to risk it happening again.

NOW the fun begins!

Watch Hillary strike back. Obama's bozo speech made his situation worse. Just look at the comments in newspapers all over the country.

People are disgusted with him. He is so OVER!

That he did not have the "JUDGMENT" to distance himself with Mr. Wrong - is his problem. When he or any of you loonatics on this site have the nerve to bring up Hillary's war vote - when he has the audacity to claim good judgment - this disaster will start up again. Fuel for Hillary, fuel for the Repugs.

Watch the SuperDelagates jump ship like the rats that they are. Watch Hillary as she scoops them up. HaHaHa! LOL!

He handed the gun to Hillary and said "just shoot me now - I'm an idiot."

Here's something Ben Smith posted last week on this nontroversy:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Defending_Samantha_Power.html

Greg:

Have you realized that USA Today Gallup poll shows Obama with a lead of 7 points? The poll dates are the same as the Gallup tracking poll which is cited below.

USA Today/Gallup (03/14-03/16)
Obama 49, Hillary 42 (Obama +7)

When Obama says he'll start removing brigades immediately, I believe him. Hillary - not so much. Besides, all Obama has to say in response is "Power is no longer with my campaign."

And it's a terrible ad anyway IMHO. At least there was some point to the 3AM ad. This one sounds like some child going "But but but SHE said..." and resonates sour grapes.

Greg, you're missing one of the big points of this video, at least in Hillaryland: Obama says: "in clear, unambiguous, uncertain terms...", when he should have said "no uncertain" terms.

Clinton is trying to attack him for a verbal slip.

Such a vile, petty shrew.

Posters above have pointed out that Obama has addressed this point already in a speech, but, frankly, Power addressed it pretty well in the original interview, from which this completely misleading clip is taken.

From Ben Smith:

"He will, of course, not rely on some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or a U.S. Senator," she said at one point in the interview.

Power downplayed Obama's commitment to quick withdrawal from Iraq on Hard Talk, a program that often exceeds any of the U.S. talk shows in the rigor of its grillings. She was challenged on Obama's Iraq plan, as it appears on his website, which says that Obama "will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months."

"What he’s actually said, after meting with the generals and meeting with intelligence professionals, is that you – at best case scenario – will be able to withdraw one to two combat brigades each month. That’s what they’re telling him. He will revisit it when he becomes president," Power says.

The host, Stephen Sackur, challenged her:"So what the American public thinks is a commitment to get combat forces out in 16 months isn't a commitment isn't it?"

"You can’t make a commitment in March 2008 about what circumstances will be like in January of 2009," she said. "He will, of course, not rely on some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or a U.S. Senator. He will rely upon a plan – an operational plan – that he pulls together in consultation with people who are on the ground to whom he doesn’t have daily access now, as a result of not being the president. So to think – it would be the height of ideology to sort of say, 'Well, I said it, therefore I’m going to impose it on whatever reality greets me.'"

"It’s a best-case scenario," she said again.

I WANT TO FIX HILLARY CLINTON FOR STAYING WITH BILL WHEN SHE SHOULD HAVE DIVORCED HIM OVER:
1. HIS ANTIMASTURBATION
2. HIS CHEATING ADULTERY
ALSO IM AGAINST HER NOT LISTENING TO ME ABOUT VOTING AGAINST THE ANTI POKER BILL (PHONE CALLS, LETTERS) AND RECEIVING FUNDING FROM HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY OVERCHARGING AND AGE DISCRIMINATING. I ALSO BELIEVE LIKE JOE LIEBERMAN THAT BILL CLINTON SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED AFTER ILLEGALLY CHEATING ON HIS WIFE.

This is a lot more offensive to me than Rev. Wright. Scary and appalling. Despite Mother Jones article in 2007, this has NEVER been discussed in MSM. Very scary read.

Barbara Ehrenreich: Hillary's Nasty Pastorate

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-ehrenreich/hillarys-nasty-pastorate_b_92361.html

There's a reason why Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she's a lot more vulnerable than Obama.

One thing we can say for sure:
Obama's plan to end the war is at least as good as the plan of either of the other two candidates.

Clinton has lost. The race is over. Party elders need to step in.

This line of attack is patently ridiculous. Clinton has already said that once in office -- with full access to all information -- she'll request a withdrawal plan. Do you expect she'd stick with her current plan if confronted with hard data that suggests otherwise?

Note the absence of an "I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this Message" tag on the video. This won't be a paid advertisement anywhere without that, it's just for the Internets, just red meat for Clinton supporters to keep their energy up. Ideally, press outlets, online and otherwise, will pick it up and run with it to get some exposure for this nonsense.

Samantha Power resigned from the campaign, in part for calling Hillary a monster, but more for this counterproductive interview. I'm not sure how her statements a few weeks ago are remotely relevant.