Obama Campaign Attacks Hillary's Character -- Blasts Her As "Untrustworthy"
In a sign that the Obama camp may recognize that they haven't pushed back aggressively enough against Hillary's questioning of his electability, Obama advisers went after her electability today on a conference call.
To do this, Obama advisers unloaded big time on Hillary's character, hitting her character more aggressively than they have thus far by hammering away at the fact that some polls show that high numbers of voters view her as untrustworthy.
"We believe that this is a really important issue as super-delegates decide who will be electable in the fall," Plouffe said. "The American people are not going to elect someone who isn't seen as honest and trustworthy."
Plouffe added that she has "issues around trustworthiness" that would make it very tough sledding for her in the fall. Obama advisers have yet to point to McCain's alleged "straight-talking" to press this point, but one imagines that they will soon enough.
Keep in mind, as always, that the target of this argument is the super-dels. While the Obama campaign has already hit Hillary's character in the past by saying that she'll say and do anything to win, this attack on her honesty strikes me as the opening up of a major new front in the battle.
Late Update: The Hillary camp releases an extensive rebuttal to the Obama camp's charges.
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