Word: dicks
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...came when he was still establishing his brand; the politics of hope brought him a long way, but the calculations have changed. Obama will continue to tie Clinton to McCain and other Republicans for voting for the Iraq war and liken her experience to that of Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. "I'm going to be interested in finding out what exactly she thinks makes her particularly well prepared, for example, on foreign policy," he told TIME on Wednesday. When her aides are asked, he notes, they cite, of all things, a speech, the one she gave on human rights...
...majority of the pledged delegates. If Obama wins, Republicans hope that Clinton's negative attacks dent his image as an inspirational figure who can transcend the politics of old. "He is not as good under pressure as he is when he has 15,000 screaming partisans around him," explained Dick Wadhams, the G.O.P. chairman in Colorado, which is expected to be a competitive state in November. "Get him away from his adoring crowds and this guy is very vulnerable...
Clinton seemed intent upon painting Obama as unready to be commander in chief, criticizing her opponent for not holding oversight hearings of U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and suggesting Obama had once talked of bombing Pakistan. Obama criticized Clinton for voting for the war; Clinton criticized Obama for voting for "Dick Cheney's energy bill." Obama dodged a question from Tim Russert about whether he would abide by a promise to accept public financing in a general election campaign, while Clinton vowed to release her personal tax returns "upon becoming the nominee." If not sooner, she added...
...against cutting the bloated wasteful military budget that your magazine has disclosed again and again. They're all against changing the course in the Middle East. They're all against open debates and new debate formats. They're all against impeaching [President George W.] Bush and [Vice President Dick] Cheney for their multiple high crimes and misdemeanors. And they're all against repealing the Taft Hartley anti-union law... One metaphor for [my] campaign could be the tugboat campaign, pushing candidates toward the harbor of the people and away from the harbor of giant corporations...
...Obama, enough is enough,” she said. “Let’s get real here and compare exactly what we’re gonna stand for.” Clinton cited Obama’s previous alignment with Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy bill and credit card companies, eliciting boos from the crowd. The auditorium was packed with an enthusiastic audience, which one Clinton supporter described as an “across the board” demographic. “There were definitely a lot of women, slightly more women than...