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NYT Op-Ed: MacAuliffe Strategy Ruining Obama's Chances?
Today on HuffPo Donald Sutherland directs our attention to the NYTimes OpEd piece on the effect that Terry MacAuliffe seems to be having on the Obama campaign. (see below for link)
He offers the scary interpretation of Obama's turn to the right-- that it is a strategy on the part of the Clintonites to discourage Obama's progressive supporters, weakening them sufficiently so that the "on hold" Clinton candidacy can make a comeback.
Whether this is a conscious strategy or not, it does seem worthy of remark that it only after the Obama/Clinton rapprochement took place, that Obama has been weighing in on a number of issues (some unnecessarily) which position him to the right. Do any TPMers know enough about MacAuliffe strategies and positions to comment on this? Coincidence?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20080707/cm_huffpost/111222;_ylt=AsUcfG.l.B6vCwB_Mf0FTaWs0NUE
Comments (2)
I read this yesterday and was surprised that Donald Sutherland could come up with such waffle. I don't know why I'd assumed he was highly intelligent and had presumed he was a rigorous thinker, but that post sure put paid to that image.
Obama under the influence of McAuliffe? What's next weeks instalment? Another LA 'expert' trying to persuade us that Penn's taken over from Axelrod?
July 8, 2008 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
There are definitely some bizarre posts going around, & I can't tell whether it's camp Clinton trying to undermine Obama in hopes of ultimately foiling his nomination, or if it's righties trying to make US think that. My guess is the latter, but unfortunately I can't rule out the former...
July 8, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
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