Barack Obama's much heralded "get-tough-on-Hillary" campaign might have stumbled onto something that could make a difference -- and it’s about politics, not policy.
Despite finally going on the attack, the Democratic presidential challenger's policy-oriented charges focusing on Iraq, Iran and Social Security show few signs of even making a dent in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s national lead. But the Illinois senator now seems ready to make a political case against her that could strike a nerve, basically arguing to worried Democrats that Clinton is not electable. Oddly, Clinton’s rivals have shied away from the electability argument -- a reluctance that has surprised and pleased many in her camp.
Obama is now telling Democrats that if they nominate Clinton “then we have a repeat of 2000 and 2004.” Such talk of reliving the party’s painful losses in those presidential campaigns is exactly what most scares Democrats about Clinton's candidacy -- and Halloween week is not bad timing for Obama to raise such a ghostly specter.
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