The Swift Boating begins
ABC News has learned that a group of Democratic politicos have set up a new independent 527 organization called the American Leadership Project (ALP) with the express purpose of helping Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, beat Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, in Ohio, and possibly Texas and Pennsylvania as well.
Free from campaign finance rules, ALP will not be legally permitted to coordinate with the Clinton campaign, but it is clearly intended to help her.
The group is targeting through TV ads, mail, and phone communications white women under 50 in the Ohio area -- specifically Cleveland, Columbus, Youngstown, Charleston (WV), Wheeling- Steubenville, Zanesville, and Parkersburg (WV).
White men will also be a focus, and if there are any excess funds Latinos in Texas and middle class families in Pennsylvania will also be targeted.
ALP has developed three ads aimed at pushing the idea that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, is a talker and not a doer -- the ads are called “If speeches could solve problems" -- and they will contrast Obama and Clinton on issues of importance to middle class voters, such as the economy, health care, and the mortgage crisis.
The more I see of Hillary's down and dirty tactics, the more I hope that Obama sweeps Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. If she's willing to risk sacrificing a Democratic win in November for her own personal aggrandizement, then I'm not a fan.
posted by walldon | 10:48 AM
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What's down and dirty about this? It's a weak theme, but they are both criticizing each other trying to win. Because it's so weak, he will readily destroy it during the general campaign. McCain's been trying it, and only looks on the defensive, like he's trying to slow down what he sees is a juggernaut, too.
The "plagiarism" charge was dirty because it was so ridiculous. How many speeches do they give every day? But that was so-called "communications director" Wolfson. Hillary at first said her campaign did not say it, and though she was wrong about her own campaign -- possibly an issue in its own right -- I believe she probably did not authorize it.
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