Mrs. Clinton’s Campaign Too Ugly to Hide

I have previously commented that Mrs. Clinton campaigns ugly.  The true nature of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign is getting harder to simply sweep under the carpet.  Alec MacGillis and Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post, only officially hide their disgust:

The Clintons play dirty when they feel threatened. But we knew that, didn’t we?
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The problem is not Hillary Clinton per se or the sharp exchanges and personal accusations that squeamish political reporters deplore. That’s what politics is always

I’d go longer, but I don’t know what to make of it.   On Memeorandum, you have stories of the open race war between the Clintons and Barack Obama.  Meanwhile, a few leftsided bloggers are upset because a republican operative

Good move, or bad move, Barack Obama knows where to attack the Clinton’s in the massive, and over inflated, egos.   B.J. Clinton is riled over Obama’s Reagan comments, Ezra Klein, American Prospect:

Bill Clinton’s take on this was that

The AP reports, and the New York Times expands, on a new study by a supposedly “independent” organization that claims to have assembled hundred of “false statements” by the Bush administration in the course of the Iraq war. However,

That question is going to be a little strange to answer.

Hawkins says :

My instinct is that poll is probably a little more representative of how things would work in the real world. Fred Thompson’s supporters would probably break

The Los Angles Times, has a survey which indicates that sixty three percent of Americans are ready for woman in the White House.   Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, throws some cold water on the LAT in general, and

The early returns from the Martin Luther King Day debate in South Carolina are in.   Mrs. Clinton and Barack Obama attack each other with dead fish.    Wolf  Blitzer and John Edwards are also present, somewhere.

Partial transcript, via Ben Smith,

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Maybe it is something in the Arkansas water?   Mike Huckabee wants a free pass on the examination of his liberal record.  If you criticize the Huckster’s record, he calls it dirty politics.  Now the other dope from Hope, B.J. Clinton

If there were ever a bigger and more fanciful case of wishful thinking than Krugman’s New York Times article, today, I’ve never seen it. He’s going well over and above his usual fantasy mongering, here:

Maybe Mr. Obama was,

One thing me and Bit have not hestitated to do is to call the Clintons, B.J. and Mrs., liars.   Well it now appears that Barack Obama is about to rip a page out the Bitsblog play book, Carrie Budoff Brown,

I mean, not like this stuff wasn’t expected. I’ve been talking about this kind of thing for years. But it does give us an idea of the kind of nonsense we’re in for: From the London Times:

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Barack Obama does what Mrs. Clinton is either unable or unwilling to do, stand-up to B.J. Clinton,  ABC News:

Sen. Barack Obama says he’s ready to confront former President Bill Clinton, calling his advocacy on behalf of his wife’s

Republicans have long been disgusted with Bill Clinton inappropriate behavior  and self-obsesssion.   Has it reached a a breaking point even among democrats? Jonathan Alter, Newsweek:

Prominent Democrats are upset with the aggressive role that Bill Clinton is playing in