Not unlike the old Bee Gees song, the Hillary Clinton folks say the kindergarten reference to Barack Obama (he of outsized ambitions at a very young age or so we are told) was just a big joke that well, obviously fell flat. We know there's an ongoing entertainment industry writer's strike but geesh, you would think the campaign could find someone, anyone who could offer a suggestion or two about comedic timing, presentation and most importantly, material. Read the New York Times take on this here. My favorite part was the eye-opening reaction of Clinton pollster Mark Penn who blamed the media for being "spinned" by the Obama folks and for having the bad taste of missing the joke. With all due respect Mark, this story spun itself without any help and your routine came across as, well, spin. Nice try. But hey, I digress. The best comeback so far belongs to John Edwards who had his campaign audience really laughing Tuesday when he said he wanted to be a "cowboy and superman" as a kid.
Speaking of Edwards, he is launching his fifth TV ad of the primary prize fight. It has the nice, catchy title of "Rigged" and he doesn't pull any punches. "...And we can say as long as we get Democrats in, everything's gonna be ok. It's a lie. It is not the truth," the script reads. "Do you really believe if we replace a crowd of corporate Republicans with a crowd of corporate Democrats that anything meaningful's gonna change?" For those keeping score at home and for maximum punch-line impact you can substitute "corporate Democrats" with Hillary Clinton. See the ad here.
Saint Rudy of 9/11 has another ad out and in this one he claims to love Ronald Reagan and really really hate terrorists. As if we really really didn't know. Courtesy of Talking Points Memo, see Rudy Giuliani's latest adventure in high-stakes political advertising here For extra bonus points, read the comment section.
Want to find out more about why GOPer Mike Huckabee now finds himself in rarified polling and stature air? In my daily link, I found this piece at Townhall.com by Michael Medved for a distinctly conservative perspective of the turmoil in the GOP ranks -- as they are waiting for Godot in the form of stand-out -- or perhaps, stand-up -- candidate.
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