About time. Hillary's claim of experience has been ludicrous.

Why isn't Sinbad at this press conference? He could tell the world who REALLY accomplished Hillary's "accomplishments"!

Isn't this kinda like Bush surrounding himself with a bunch of yes men telling him and the world how great he is.

I thought we were moving in a different direction. Alas, this looks like more of the same...

How can you challenge Hillary's Commander-in-Chief threshold crossing abilities? Let me make you aware of a few FACTS:

FACT - Sinbad and Hillary resolved THE BAY OF PIGS!

FACT - Sinbad and Hillary traveled into outer space ON SPUTNIK!

FACT - Sinbad and Hillary TRADED ARMS FOR HOSTAGES IN IRAN!

FACT - SINBAD AND HILLARY HAVE CROSSED THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF THRESHOLD!

TPM, are you guys teasing me? How much closer could you possibly get to putting me on the FRONT PAGE?

Put Sinbad back in THE SPOTLIGHT, BABY!!

Clinton/Sinbad '08 - Ready to bring our 35 years of peripheral involvement in politics ON DAY ONE!

"Saying that Hillary has Executive Branch experience is like saying Yoko Ono was a Beatle."

- Kos commenter, Jsn.

via Sullivan

David Kurtz needs to take own advice and chill - "Buffoonery Alert"

Or like Wanda Sykes said on Leno, what experience does she have to be ready on Day one? She knows her way around the White House? She don't need to know where the bathroom is at? She already knows all the hiding places to look for Bill when he's hiding out with one of her interns?

Pillow talk with Bill is NOT experience as being president. She was no co-president or co-governor. The burden should be on HER to show the experience she has. She just want everyone to assume she has the experience since she's been first lady.

This might sound messed up, but does she have any idea of what Bill went through to drive him to the experiences he had with the notorious intern? I don't care to hear ANY of the juicy details of what happened, just what in his job made him do it and if she had gone through the same thing.

How about the world going after Bill and her only being able to console him, not take the blame for anything unless she stuck her neck out and acted like the co-president.

Former Co-President Hillary Clinton 2008

I was hoping he could avoid getting into a pissing match with her over this issue, but it was probably inevitable. But it's a lose/lose proposition for both of them. McCain's age and years in office make Hillary's claims laughable and the squabbling between she and Obama and potential point of ridicule by the Republicans. The two junior Democrat Senators fighting over who has the most "experience"--isn't that cute?

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No we don't want to see them turn this into dueling defense experts. Please! Especially as the eventual nominee should have the latitude to call on all available talent without any rancor.
But Obama's rollout needs doing; his guys will garner much more msm attention than just Obama saying "Yes I am!".
And if Obama can avoid making it a strict comparison to HRC then it will work to get him back to that point where he was challenging McCain as if HRC was already in his rearview mirror.
And that is where he wants to be.
The simple truth is that at his best Obama comes across as Presidential in a very affecting pop culture way.
HRC hasn't that knack. Not at all.

I think it is easy and tempting to say, "Go get 'em Obama! Be fierce! Go for the jugular! Take on Fox news! Take Hillary down!"

But I bet Obama has a better, more civilized plan...that will work. I agree with several people above that Obama actually has the voter enthusiasm, momentum and character to win WITHOUT sinking to the level of his opponents and his critics. Wouldn't that be something?

Analogies to Kerry and Mondale are close, but not quite accurate in my opinion. These men were nice ...and boring. Obama is anything but boring. He doesn't need to sling mud and acknowledge Fox news to get attention.

I'd like a bit more communication from him confirming his general approach and attitude towards these attacks, though. Silence leaves too much to the imagination in some cases.

Hopefully these guys all come out and say how stupid it was to go into Iraq.

In any group or any organization, a religious community for example or a political party, you can only only remain viable as long as you continue to add new members. Forget all these arguments about being ready to be commander in chief; both candidates are intelligent and very capable people and can take on this job. But which candidate is revitalizing the Democratic party? Which candidate is bringing in new young voters? For Senator Clinton to brag about her strength among seniors is hollow praise in the long run. If the Democrats fail to bring in crossover voters and more importantly energized young voters who can be part of the long term strength of the party we will continue to be on the losing side of elections.

Just curious, is Sinbad going to be there?

Which Beatle was Obama? Billy Preston?

Hillary does have experience. Obama will have advisers to rely on. "Experience" on CiC is overrated but Hillary did Obama a favor by "attacking" his credentials. Mccain would do this too. It is not a secret he's a one-term senator. If he can't get an answer to beat Hillary now, then he can't get one to beat McCain.

What really pisses me off about Kurtz's advice is that fact, Obama's a little busy right now, fighting against an opponent who is attacking him on a daily basis even though she has no legitimate chance of winning the nomination.

Of course, Kurtz and TPM have been one of the biggest megaphones broadcasting every attack against Obama throughout the primary, and then demanding that he respond to each one of them.

I think Obama is smart not to start fighting a two-front war at this stage, regardless of what David Kurtz may think. Kurtz's eagerness to broadcast every smear suggests that he may have an agenda other than what's best for Barack, however.

Get off this experience thing. This election is about change, not experience. Hillary seems to have effectively neutralized Obama's lead as a change candidate by arguing that she, too, is a change candidate (if by nothing more than being a woman.) Since they are both change candidates, Hillary can take the battle to "experience". Change and experience. I think that has worked well for her.

Rather than accepting that battle, Obama needs to take it back to change. Continue to articulate why Hillary does not, in fact, represent change. He has done that in the past (see SC victory speech) and I think is most effective with that argument.

Get off this experience thing. This election is about change, not experience. Hillary seems to have effectively neutralized Obama's lead as a change candidate by arguing that she, too, is a change candidate (if by nothing more than being a woman.) Since they are both change candidates, Hillary can take the battle to "experience". Change and experience. I think that has worked well for her.

Rather than accepting that battle, Obama needs to take it back to change. Continue to articulate why Hillary does not, in fact, represent change. He has done that in the past (see SC victory speech) and I think is most effective with that argument.

David Kurtz needs to take own advice and chill - "Buffoonery Alert"

Kurtz's slip is showing. Just as Marshall's did several days ago. Now you know why this site ran as much McClinton/Wolfson negativity as they could cut and paste last week. My guess is they will keep pounding away at this. They are Clinton aged Dems. This is the fun stuff.

I like this bit too:

...it's got to give you pause that the leading Democrat in the race (at least in terms of delegates) can't handle these predictable attacks more effectively.

Uh... Leading in terms of delegates. Leading in terms of most states won. Leading in terms of most votes.

Kurtz needs to point out one thing that Clinton is actually leading in. I mean besides the fun stuff. Her ugly attacks are alienating massive amounts of democrats right now. And the real mistake being made by Kurtz and Marshall is the assumption that should McClinton steal this thing, the alienated are going to hold their nose and vote for her.

Sorry. But this election cycle is different. They are seriously misreading the dynamics at play here. The democrat party will be seriously injured. And no, don't bother pointing out to me that the public has shown they will be happy with either candidate. That is certainly true now. But wait until it gets stolen. That's a different mood altogether now. More like passionate rage fueled by massive disillusionment.

I think in general Hillary's lack of foreign affairs tact is worrisome. Not meeting with Segolene Royal? Being too excited about being Commander in Chief and trying to prove again and again that she is not a weak woman and can lead armies? Ultimately, I don't think Obama should play this game too much on her terms because I think he has a clearer understanding of the nature of the world and the coming challenges more than she does with her increasingly more unilateralist talk. I wrote about this the other day in a reader blog - check it out:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/foreign-policy-credentials-ple.php

Forget all the military folk... If I were Obama, I'd point out that, at one of the most critical moments in our nation's history, the country elected a President who, with great oratory skills but only two years in the House. His name: Abraham Lincoln.

Anybody seeing a huge disconnect between the media coverage of the race and the actual race?

If you support Obama, I know you have.

Barack is going to have won the delegate count in 4 of the last 6 primaries and 15 of the last 17. He'll have about 130 delegate lead going into Penn. But Because he lost two states in which he never, ever lead in the poll total his campaign is in danger?

I'm enjoying watching the pundits and Clinton supporters lambast Obama as an amateur for not playing their game. And then he just keeps on winning elections and racking up delegates.

Folks, anyone who thinkts that a candidate with a 100 plus delegate advantage going into Denver isn't going to get the nomination is absolutely fooling themselves.

Let the Pundits and Clintonites pat themselves on the back because they understand "the way the game works." As Obama supporters, we have to be willing to sit back and let these folks talk themselves to death. Hillary has already lost her brief lead in the national polls. She is about to lose another state by 10+ points.

Heck, let them revote in Florida and Michigan. Obama is already tied in the polls in Michigan. If he can keep Hillary to a ten point win in Florida and wins Michigan himself then her biggest argument will have run its course with out getting her any closer to the nomination.

What we need now is the patience to put up with all of the spin and bs between now and Denver. Everything else is just a silly little game that is not affecting the outcome whatsoever.

"BTW I found a fantastic article…A MUST read for EVERYONE “The Hussein Dynamic” at http://savagepolitics.com.
Brilliant writing that goes beyond what the MSM is feeding us!!!! "

Wow - awesome article. Bascially sourced by two people who knew Obama in Indonesia as a child - one who's quote seems to make him an expert on Obama's father's life in Kenya(about 10,000 miles from Indonesia) and the other who knew Obama as a child but somehow knew that Obama was a Muslim until he married Michelle in his 30s. .

Thank you, I just sent Obama another $25 bucks just because of you.