The Verbose
Silenced. National Journal’s On Call describes the moment on a Clinton campaign conference call with reporters:
Responding to the release of HRC’s new TX TV ad, which asserts in no subtle terms that only she has the experience to deal with a major world crisis, and, relatedly, to keep your children safe, Slate’s John Dickerson asked the obvious question:
“What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary’s career where she’s been tested by crisis?” he said.
Silence on the call. You could’ve knit a sweater in the time it took the usually verbose team of Mark Penn, Howard Wolfson and Lee Feinstein, Clinton’s national security director, to find a cogent answer.
Sounds more like brow-knitting, a sweater.
Yglesias, helpfully, “She was a senator from NY during Sept. 11. You’d think they could have come up with some sort of response based on that.”
About that ad, Boston Herald:
A provocative, last-ditch political TV ad in Texas by Hillary Clinton’s campaign has created a stir, but her Massachusetts supporters are defending it, saying it bolsters her rallying cry that she’s the most experienced Democratic candidate.
“What she’s really trying to explain to people and what she has tried to do in all the debates - (is show) that she is the one who is most prepared,” said Diane Saxe, a Democratic superdelegate.
The 30-second spot began airing yesterday in Texas, just days before Tuesday’s primary. It begins with a shot of a suburban home at night. Sleeping children and a baby, tucked in their beds, appear to the ringing of a telephone.
“It’s 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. But there’s a phone in the White House and it’s ringing,” says a male voice.
“Your vote will decide who answers that call, whether it’s someone who already knows the world’s leaders, knows the military, someone tested and ready to lead in a dangerous world.”
During the spot, a concerned mother opens a bedroom door to check on her child. It ends with the narrator asking, “Who do you want answering the phone?” and shows Clinton, wearing glasses, answering the phone.
Barack Obama’s campaign condemned the ad, saying it is aimed at generating fear.
AP: “A funny thing happened on the way to the coronation.”
Malkin, with someone whose tongue could stand some knotting.
Surber sees Barone’s 30-40 states and ups him 50, as they mull the potential for electoral map shifts in ‘08. He also shares Fatty Bolger’s view: that’s a heck of a McCain ad.
Meanwhile, former NYT editorial page editor Gail Collins with an Ohio-Texas primary primer.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:29 am on Saturday, March 1, 2008
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March 1st, 2008 at 10:30 am
That’s a great ad - for John McCain.
March 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
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