With Senator Obama now being he clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president, and talk of Hillary dropping out of the race blazes across the blogosphere, now more than ever the junior Senator from Illinois deserves intense scrutiny.
ST reader NC Cop mentioned this in the comments this weekend, and I’ve just now seen the transcript where Obama made this unbelievably stupid assertion at last night’s Dem debate in New Hampshire (emphasis added):
As we head into NH, the esteemable Tom Maguire takes a look at the hilarious post-Obama Iowa victory reactions from the left, reactions that treat the liberal empty suit who has taken utilizing platitudes to an art form as if he were – you guessed it – the Messiah.
The Politico’s Mike Allen and Ben Smith report today that a questionnaire filled out by then-candidate for state Senate Barack Obama (or his campaign manager) back in 1996 notes some solidly liberal tendencies:
I found this diatribe, written by President Clinton’s labor secretary and all around pal of the Clinton’s Robert Reich, against Hillary’s stepped up attacks against Obama rather odd. In the piece, Reich tackles criticisms Hillary’s made about Obama’s Social Security, his healthcare plans, and her questioning of Obama’s character, and suggests that Clinton is “stooping so low” in the campaign. Why? Reich claims that her attacks on Obama’s Social Security and healthcare plans are inaccurate and misleading. Along the way, Reich himself “stoops low” by throwing in something misleading that Tom Maguire catches him on here.
