Posted by
Contrarian Guitarist on Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:22:01 PM
Knew it was coming. But I thought it would at least wait until the general election. From an
article by Sam Youngman on thehill.com...
Apparantly Hillary didn't do so well in the last debate (not that anyone was watching... not me)
The criticisms followed Penn’s assertion that Clinton was “unflappable.” He also said criticisms from Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) would backfire and that he was already “detecting some backlash,” particularly among female voters.
Those female voters are saying, “Sen. Clinton needs our support now more than ever if we’re going to see this six-on-one to try to bring her down,” Penn told those on the campaign call.
He, Mantz and several supporters hinted repeatedly on the call that Clinton was unfairly targeted by Tim Russert, debate moderator and host of NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“Russert made it appear that President Clinton had done something new or unusual,” Penn said, before adding that it “is, in fact, an extremely confusing situation … I think there will be further clarification.”
The Clinton Campaign has predictably turned this into a money raising event. Tim Russert is going to get slapped over this. The "clarification" will no doubt a listing of new "rules" designed to protect Clinton from criticism.