Super Tuesday: The Day After
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The Obama, Clinton and McCain camps came out swinging after yesterday's Super Tuesday elections. They went after their opponents and tried to manage "down" certain expectations.
Barack Obama went after Clinton's electability in the general election by pointing out that the GOP will have tons of dirt on her.
Asked about Clinton's recent comment that she would not allow herself to be victimized by the type of Swift Boat-style attacks that were leveled against Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 race, Obama said he had been vetted by his opponent in the nominating campaign.
"I have to just respond by saying that the Clinton research operation is about as good as anybody's out there," he said.
"I assure you that having engaged in a contest against them for the last year that they've pulled out all the stops. And you know I think what is absolutely true is whoever the Democratic nominee is the Republicans will go after them. The notion that somehow Senator Clinton is going to be immune from attack or there's not a whole dump truck they can't back up in a match between her and John McCain is just not true."
Hillary Clinton's top aides told a conference call with reporters that she'll be outspent by Barack Obama.
In a teleconference with reporters, Clinton chief strategist Mark Penn said Clinton was having a "record day" raising money over the Internet on Wednesday.
"We will have funds to compete," he said, "but we're likely to be outspent again."
Asked whether Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had decided to dip into their own wealth to finance the campaign, Penn said, "I'm not aware that they have." Campaign communications director Howard Wolfson said he would inquire. The Clinton's financial disclosures, which reveal only broad ranges of assets, place their wealth between $10 million to $50 million.
John McCain told his conservative critics to back off and "calm down."
"I think they've made their case against me pretty eloquently," he said, adding wryly, "if that's the right word." He asserted that the pundits' conservative hero Ronald Reagan -- and his -- reached across the aisle to Democrats just like he wants to do as president.
"I do hope that at some point we would just calm down a little bit and see if there are areas that we can agree on for the good of the party and for the good of the country," he said. The critics argue he's too liberal for the party.
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Huffington Post | February 6, 2008 02:02 PM