Posted by: McQ on Friday, February 29, 2008 Yes, Hillary Clinton has finally had to resort to an old technique which has had mixed results, but when you're about to crash and burn, you're likely to try just about anything to stay aloft. Take a look here. George Stephanopolus calls it "the nuclear option". Aimed at Obama, it is designed to question his readiness to handle a crisis situation. While, in fact, I agree with her point, I have to wonder if this is the most effective way to make it. On the other hand, nothing else seems to have worked for her in this regard, so why not? Obama has, of course, answered (which, btw, is something to be noted as well - he doesn't let any challenge lay there for very long. Whether or not you find his answer compelling or not, he answers, which was part of the undoing of John Kerry last presidential election cycle). “We’ve seen these ads before. They’re the kind that play on people’s fears to try to scare up votes,” Mr. Obama said.Oh, like the rhetoric about NAFTA? But to an even larger point here. "The politics of fear" is no longer a term which can be applied exclusively to Republicans. Democrats have - as in the Clinton ad, and in their blaming of NAFTA for job losses - deployed it quite regularly. And, I suspect, they will continue to do so as this campaign grinds on. Obama concludes: “I don’t think these ads will work this time, because the question is not about picking up the phone. The question is what kind of judgment will you exercise when you pick up that phone?”Yes, indeed, that's correct, and that is precisely the judgment being called into question by the ad - judgment which Clinton implies, quite correctly, is entirely untested. Of course, for the most part, the same can be said about Ms. Clinton, OJT as the first lady notwithstanding. |
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