Hillary supporter slams campaign

[Hope And Change]

Hillary supporter slams campaign


By Donald Lambro

December 20, 2007

A veteran New Hampshire Democratic lawmaker who supports Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says her campaign has "no clear message," a criticism that is buzzing through party ranks at a time when some polls show her statistically tied with Sen. Barack Obama in the first primary state.

State Rep. James Splaine, whose 1976 law has locked in the state's unique primary status, went public with his concerns about Mrs. Clinton's campaign last week in a blog he writes for the Blue Hampshire Democratic Web site — criticizing her for "talking down" to Democrats and taking "positions that are the result of focus group" surveys.

"I am concerned that her campaign still has continued to emphasize 'experience' rather than 'ideas,' and the 'past' rather than the 'future.' And her advertising in my judgment is crammed full of rhetoric, with no clear message other than this stuff about a president needing to be ready to 'lead from day one.' What does that mean?"

"Hillary Clinton could lose this one," Mr. Splaine wrote, urging her to "reinvent her campaign and show us who she really is and not just what her consultants and handlers from Washington media firms want us to think she is." Mr. Splaine said he still backs Mrs. Clinton as a potential "great president" and hoped that " 'Let Hillary Be Hillary' should be her personal motto during the next three-plus weeks in Iowa and New Hampshire."

Mr. Obama, meanwhile, delivers a message long on ideas and ideals, ending his stump speech with an emotional call-and-response with his audiences: "Fired up? — Fired up! Ready to go? — Ready to go!"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071220/NATION/364830967/1002

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. So "Fired up?" is now an idea?

Mr. Obama, meanwhile, delivers a message long on ideas and ideals, ending his stump speech with an emotional call-and-response with his audiences: "Fired up? — Fired up! Ready to go? — Ready to go!"


Well, in a world where "gobama!" is an argument then I guess "Fired up?" is an idea. (Or is it an ideal... hard to keep up)

Bonus points for posting anti-Hillary material from the Washington Times.

[sandnsea]

5. Yes, we're ready to get to work to get things done

Sorry you don't get it. Some people know change isn't going to happen if you continuously trust it to the entrenched powers.

[MethuenProgressive]

19. Without Oprah, all he's just a cheerleader.

Fire one up! Where's the blow?
:rofl:

[Kucinich4America]

21. I'd say it's a better idea than

"Bill had his 8 years, now I want MINE"

[Cha]

2. Yeah, why doesn't hillary

run her senate record enabling bush for the last 5 years?

[BenDavid]

3. obama dazzle em with brillance-baffle em with BS.-TLSN

obama has a problem....he talks loud,says nothing.....

[durrrty libby]

4. Perfect summation BenDavid

:toast:

[Capn Sunshine]

14. actually if you remove your fingers from your ears

You'll notice what he says is substantial and resonates pretty well with the pubic.
Trendlines don't lie,no matter how loud you shout "LA LA LA I can't hear you"

[emilyg]

17. Yes.

[rinsd]

6. What is with Obamanation and their fascination with Moonie Times?

:shrug:

[ellacott]

7. What is with Obamanation?

:shrug:

[rinsd]

8. Shorthand for Obama supporters.

I figured it was kinder than Obamatons or something similar.

[ellacott]

9. Sounds so close to abomination, I know some use it in that context n/t

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

10. I prefer Obamatons, but it doesn't catch on

Obamanation is a response to "Hillaryworld"

[rinsd]

13. To be honest I never thought of it that way.

Back to the drawing board!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Me Love Some Donald Lambro

Donald Lambro is the chief political correspondent of The Washington Times and a nationally syndicated columnist with United Feature Syndicate.

He opposed John Kerry's candidacy in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, claiming that Kerry contradicted himself in the debates:

During the second debate, Sen. John Kerry said, "I do believe Saddam Hussein was a threat," and then reversed himself a few minutes later, stating that President Bush was "preoccupied with Iraq where there was no threat." <1>

Books
The Federal Rathole, 1975 (ISBN 978-0870002946)
The Conscience Of A Young Conservative, 1976 (ISBN 978-0870003448)
Fat City: How Washington Wastes Your Taxes, 1980 (ISBN 978-0895266804)
Land of Opportunity: The Entrepreneurial Spirit in America, 1986 (ISBN 9780316512893)
Washington - City of Scandals : Investigating Congress and Other Big Spenders, 1987 (ISBN 978-0316512886

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Lambro

[joeybee12]

12. Please note that this article mixes his blog with their own words...

It's BS, trying to create a story where there isn't one.

[rinsd]

15. Its Lambro for crissakes!

[Capn Sunshine]

16. Is that like "Forget it Jake--it's Chinatown"?

:rofl:

[MethuenProgressive]

18. Thanks for the Official Word from Obama Head Quarters, "Hope"

:puke:

[pgh_dem]

20. Wash. Times sucks. Rep Splaine's real blog link here

here:
http://bluehampshire.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2699
Let Rep Splaine's words speak for themselves rather than let it be filtered through Wash Times Crap-O-Matic Newsifier (tm).

I liked his last paragraph:
"To Hillary, I'll repeat my advice from a few weeks ago for what it's worth: Put your pollsters aside. Forget the focus groups. Resist the "politically correct" answers where you sound like you're trying to satisfy everyone and every interest group. Tell your managers you don't want to be managed. Leave your speech writers' missives at their offices. Forget the cute one-liners that don't tell us much. Don't be overly cautious or calculating. Show your courage, we've seen that before. Be yourself. Just yourself. We'll like what we see."

As a voter in a demographic nobody but DK cares about (equal marriage rights, single payer healthcare, immediate withdrawal from Iraq) in a state which absolutely none of the candidates care about (we won't vote in PA until April), I'm going to be stuck with whoever makes it through the early states.

So I just appreciate all the candidates being themselves, and convincing the early state folks (in person) that they are the right person to take back the White House from the people who have so disgraced it. I'd like it if they kept it light with each other and kept their PR crosshairs on the GOP, but I know they have to try to make distinctions between each other in order to do that convincing. Still, keeping the sparring above the belt doesn't seem like too much to ask. And I much prefer to hear a candidate say, "This is what I'm going to do," instead of "Look what a dishonest jerk my rival is".

[annie1]

22. no one but edwards seems to have a clear message.