Wow, I thought she was being outspent in PA? Any info on the amt of money being spent here? (hope the tv stations are getting paid up front...)

Stop calling it "Post-Penn". He's still working for the campaign, no matter how much Hillary tries to spin it.

From CNN's Ticker:

"I find it kind of curious, we took action, and I think it was appropriate," she continued. "Contrast that to Senator Obama's campaign where, as far as I know, nothing was ever done when one of his top economic advisers representing the campaign, unlike Mr. Penn who was not representing the campaign, but Mr. Obama's representative told the Canadian government basically not to pay any attention to what Senator Obama was saying about NAFTA."

Spin, spin, spin. Unchecked by reality.

Stenography? Again?

Who came up with the title and who came up with this decsription?

it plays up a down-to-Earth, humanized image for Hillary rather than the appearance of strength that Penn has been for

Was it take from the Clinton campaign's press release or was it all from your opinion?

I ask, because this isn't the first 'soft' ad Hillary has produced and they were all probably done before the Penn issue. So how did you come to your conclusion, if it was yours?

I asked this in a Greg post so I want to ask you:

Time to lay it on the table. At least then we can take what is said and printed with the knowledge of where it is coming from.

Who do you support in the primary and why?

I have more of a lurker for the past few years. It wasn't until the revamped site that I registered and started to comment.

I think I know bias when I see it. Maybe my own is blinding me. I'll admit that. But I get the distinct feeling that you and Greg both play gotchya and play down the good news from the Obama campaign while playing promoter and stenographer with anything Clinton.

Again, the question is why?

Words matter. Titles matter. Adjective and adverbs matter. They are chosen for a reason.

Thanks,

Greg,

It's not Post-Penn if he's still on the campaign.

That first ad (the Scranton one) is a very nice break from what we've been seeing (I love the "raised on pinochle and the american dream" thing). Not sure however that it can overcome her previous hard line anti-dreaming stance.

Re: the Rendell one--does he really say that he's known Hillary for 50 years (that would mean they met in 1958... when she was just 11)? Or am I just hearing wrong? Is this common knowledge?

My Walter was as tough as a bar of iron, and he didn't get that from his father. Now, do you wanna fight, Officer? Or do you get the hell out of my house! Geraldine Page, "Mrs. Ritter", POpe of Greenwich Village

Hillary.

Like a real person. Only different.

COTTAGE?!?! Oh, dear Lord, I hope she runs this ad over and over and over again. Her "cottage" is more house than most Pennsylvanians have set foot in during their lifetimes. What a clueless, elitist buffoon.

Funny thing strolling in here. I could have swore I clicked on FreeRepublic or LGF. The Probama sites are unrecognizable from the most rabid hate filled wingnut sites. John McCain, he is human, we already knew that. But Hillary human? Not a chance!

Not a bad ad. I agree that if she had done this from the beginning she would not be in the position she is in now. It is the first positive ad from her in a long time.

Funny thing strolling in here.

Yeah, funny thing that you're the first commenter today I've seen use "billary."

God these comments are almost word for word the same Repug troll comments that get posted on every liberal blog - just change the names and this could be something lifted off of Eschaton in 2003.

Let the reinvention begin...er...continue.

Not that Hillary has an honest bone in her body, but let's get real. She doesn't understand a single word of the Spanish language ad she's put out in PA. How much do you think she understands about those people's lives.

Nice music at the beginning, by the way. Nice and stereotypical, that is.

I love Obama, but I'll admit--these are good ads.

Darn it.

"Post-Penn". ok.

I think many of you are missing the real point of the ad.

It is taking a certain group of people back to the Ozzie and Harriet days. Back to those good old days, in their memories when TV was pure and wholesome, and as white as could be. Hillary is playing the Hallmark card for the Touched by an Angel, and Matlock crowd. You know which group still plays Pinochle.

Did you hear that Mildred, Hillary also loves Pinochle like we still do. That Obama whippersnapper probably does not even know anything about Pinochle. He looks like one of those crazy kids with their video games and new fangled ideas. We better vote for Hillary. A president should know all about Pinochle. Well, time to head out for the Early Bird Special, come on Mildred, have you seen that new onion I bought to hang on my belt.