Word: clintonized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...became - finally - the nominee. He hired staffers in virtually every state and hinted that he could raise perhaps $500 million for the fall campaign. Al Gore was brought on board in the key battleground state of Michigan (just as John Edwards had been a few weeks before). Hillary Clinton will even join him for a brief unity tour this week. Normally, this would be called a strong second...
...venerated attorney, Obama's aides made it harder on themselves to hire anyone with Washington experience as they ramp up through the summer. Anyone with any federal pleaders as clients, they were suggesting, will be fair game. The Culvahouse gambit is similar to the foolish campaign promise Bill Clinton made in 1992 when he vowed to reduce White House staff by 25 percent; once elected, he found himself short-staffed on almost every front and many avoidable mistakes followed...
...Ohio and Culvahouse episodes were, most likely, spur of the moment errors. Harder to explain is the Patti Solis Doyle Miscalculation. Hillary Clinton abruptly sent Solis Doyle into purgatory several months ago when her campaign stumbled. So when Obama tapped Solis Doyle to take charge of his eventual running mate, he was sending a visible-from-space signal that Clinton would not be named to the number two spot. And what good did that serve at the very moment the campaign was trying to woo Clinton's donors, court her ardent supporters and win over the candidate herself? "Just stupid...
...boggled by Clinton, impressed and appalled by him. The only real differences we had in 30 years of friendship were over his treatment of both Clintons, which I thought was occasionally too sharp--and had its roots, I believed, in the strict lessons about sex and probity he'd learned from the nuns (which he often joked about). Our last conversation, sadly, was an argument over that...
Obama's campaign regards this late-spring dustup as little more than a distraction, an emphasis on process that will fail to sway voters, just as Hillary Clinton failed to make much headway when she demanded additional debates in the primaries. "Apparently they would rather contrive a political issue than foster a genuine discussion about the future of our country," said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe in a statement about the issue...