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Her new campaign strategy is to say that Obama has only fancy speeches while she offers solutions. This is a stretch on it’s face (both of them have very similar policy proposals), but Publius at Obsidian Wings nails it:
And “fighting for solutions” is not exactly how I’d characterize her 7+ years in the Senate. “Ostentatious centrism in preparation for a general election” seems closer to the mark.
She has, quite frankly, never stuck her neck out for an issue or stood her ground on principle while in the Senate. Given an opportunity to even show up for a vote on the FISA bill yesterday, she chose to continue campaigning even though she was in the vicinity (both McCain and Obama voted).
I know that her “ostentatious centrism” is one reason I’ve always been uncomfortable about a Hillary Clinton presidency. Her votes on Iraq, on the Lieberman/Kyl amendment, and on many other issues show a tepid, have it both ways, crafted centrism.
Look, I’ll happily vote for her come November if she’s the nominee. That’s not the issue. I just think that Obama stands a better chance of putting through good policy and convincing public opinion to go with him. Rather than chasing the polls, in other words, I think he’ll be able to influence them. That’s a talent that would be awesome to have back in the White House.
February 15th, 2008 at 11:37 am
One lingering question people should be asking about Obama in fairness, is why he didn’t vote on the passage of the FISA bill even though he voted yea on the Dodd amendment (which Clinton didn’t, shame on her). If he didn’t like the bill in its final form, then he should have voted against it.