Another example of how the Clintons will do anything to win, even if it means trampling over core liberal values and crapping on a fellow Democrat in the process. According to Chris Bowers at OpenLeft,
Well, I just returned from my ward meeting tonight in University City, Philadelphia, and two Clinton staffers made an appearance. When one spoke on behalf of Hillary Clinton, he specifically listed Jeremiah Wright as an example of why Obama would be less electable in the general election. The context of his argument was that the Wright story demonstrated that Obama had not gone through the rigors of a presidential election before, and it was possible that more damaging stories like that would come out as the campaign progressed. Aka, the Wright story is demonstrative of how Obama is less electable.
Given the unlikely odds that Hillary will become the nominee, her campaign has no choice but to work the superdelegates and convince them to overturn the will of the primary voters. The campaign has shamelessly made the decision to engage in a “whisper and pressure” campaign to superdelegates, using the Wright controversy as one of their core arguments:
A Democratic strategist said that given the unlikelihood of prevailing [in the primary] any other way, Clinton now must “scare” superdelegates “who basically just want to win.”
The strategist said Clinton aides are now relying heavily on the controversy over Obama’s retiring minister, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, to sow new seeds of doubt.
“This issue is the first thing that’s come along that I think is potentially fatal to his electability argument,” the strategist said.
It comes as no surprise that, when given the chance to denounce those who erroneously believe that Obama is somehow a closet racist because of his association with a pastor, Hillary instead decides to give the tepid “you will have to ask Senator Obama about that” response. When it’s clear that the GOP is going to do everything it can to use the Wright controversy to damage Obama in the general election, the last thing she needs to do is their swift-boat work.
