Posted by
Gabrielle Cusumano on Friday, January 25, 2008 11:10:53 PM
"He tried to convey the impression that they were running against The Man, and with classic Clintonian self-pity, grumbled that Barack Obama had all the advantages. " Maureen Dowd of the New York Times.
"The Clintons – or "the 2-headed monster," as the The New York Post dubbed the team
that clawed out wins in New Hampshire and Nevada – always go where they need to go, no matter the collateral damage. Even if the damage is to themselves and their party.
Bill's transition from elder statesman, leader of his party and bipartisan ambassador to ward heeler and hatchet man has been seamless – and seamy.
He tried to convey the impression that they were running against The Man, and with classic Clintonian self-pity, grumbled that Barack Obama had all the advantages.
In the Myrtle Beach debate Monday night, Obama was fed up with being double-teamed by the Clintons. He finally used attack lines that his strategists had urged him to use against Hillary for months. "It was as though all the e-mails were backed up [inside his head]," said one.
"I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes," he snapped at Hillary, obviously entrapped and pysched-out by the Clinton duo.
Bill has merged with his wife totally now, talking about "we" and "us." "I never did anything major without discussing it with her," he told a crowd here. "We've been having this conversation since we first met in 1971, and I don't think we'll stop now." He suggested as First Lad that "I can help to sell the domestic program."
It's odd that the first woman with a shot at becoming president is so openly dependent on her husband to drag her over the finish line. She handed over South Carolina to him, knowing that her support here is largely derivative.
He said, "I kind of like seeing Barack and Hillary fighting."
And if he has anything to say about it, and he will, they'll be fighting till the last dog dies.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ... Two Against One by Maureen Dowd