Obama Advisers Ratchet Up Criticism Of Hillary's Claim To Foreign Policy Experience
On an Obama campaign conference call just now, Obama advisers previewed a two-prong attack that they will be making with increasing intensity in the days ahead, tying Hillary more tightly to John McCain while simultaneously broadening their efforts to undercut Hillary's claim to foreign policy seasoning.
His aides repeatedly argued that Hillary's criticism of Obama is virtually identical to McCain's arguments, and Obama foreign policy adviser Susan Rice made what sounded to our ears like the most elaborate case against her claim to experience yet.
As first lady, Rice argued, "you are not the person asked by the U.S. government to deliver tough messages or apply pressure. You're not the person who's responsible for the loss of life. You're not the person who has to make the sometimes recalcitrant bureaucracy deliver in the national interest."
Anyway, these are the sorts of arguments we'll be hearing amplified in the days ahead. Both sides have staked out their cases, and we'll see which one carries the day.
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