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For months now the MSM has been telling us that Hillary Clinton will be the democratic nominee and they’ve touted Clinton’s standing in the polls. Now, that Clinton is slipping, some in the MSM are discounting the polls and now saying what the voters have been screaming about for months, “no vote has been cast yet!”

The Clinton campaign has also made much hay over her poll standing but now that Hillary is slipping, suddenly Clinton and her camp have said that polls don’t mean much, it’s up to the voters. Really! And, now Obama is taking full swings at Clinton and the MSM in actually paying attention to someone other than Hillary.

In a recent interview with “Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran: , Obama had a few things to tell Hillary:

• Last week, Clinton — apparently feeling the heat — took one of her sharpest jabs yet at Obama, mocking his claim that his childhood years in Indonesia provide him with unique insight into foreign affairs. “Now voters will judge whether living in a foreign country at the age of 10 prepares one to face the big, complex international challenges the next president will face,” Clinton said.

• Obama fired back with”You know, we must be doing pretty well in Iowa. She wasn’t paying much attention to what I said before then.”

• And then, Obama went out of his way to belittle Clinton’s experience as first lady.

• “I think the fact of the matter is that Sen. Clinton is claiming basically the entire eight years of the Clinton presidency as her own, except for the stuff that didn’t work out, in which case she says she has nothing to do with it,”

• Obama said, and added, referring to his relationship with his wife, Michelle, “There is no doubt that Bill Clinton had faith in her and consulted with her on issues, in the same way that I would consult with Michelle, if there were issues,” Obama said. “On the other had, I don’t think Michelle would claim that she is the best qualified person to be a United States Senator by virtue of me talking to her on occasion about the work I’ve done.”

• With this line of attack, Obama is openly calling Clinton out on one of the basic arguments of her candidacy and her career — that her experience at Bill Clinton’s side in the White House and before, make her the most qualified person in the race.

• Obama often makes the argument that these “hard knocks,” in addition to his outsider status in Washington, give him the unique ability to change U.S. politics. “I think this whole argument about ‘He speaks well, he’s got good ideas, but he needs more experience,’” Obama said to a crowd gathered in a School in Western Iowa. “What they really mean is I haven’t been in Washington long enough. They want to boil all the hope out of me.”

Posted by nytexan November 26th, 2007 | Category: Clinton, Democrat, Election, Obama, Politics | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL