Ted, from the column, two cards that the Clinton campaign are playing:
> Starting about a week ago, we started seeing references in the national media (ABC, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times) to Obama spawning a "cult of personality"
> But beyond that are dark hints of yet to be revealed facts about Obama. I was chatting with a senior Clinton surrogate in a cable TV green room late last week -- a former Clinton White House senior appointee. He mentioned to me that, while they couldn't bring it up, Obama said (unspecified) things back when he was in the Illinois Senate that may be on news videotape. He said it was way beyond what a general election electorate could swallow (implicitly: too leftish for the public). Obama is just not electable, he suggested.
We already see evidence of the first card, the claim that Obama is driving a "cult of personality." Never mind the fact that Hillary is one of the most manufactured personalities I have ever seen.
The second card was seen before. Bob Novak mentioned something like this about a month ago. "Ooooh, if you only know what I know about Obama. But, alas, I can't bring it up. That just wouldn't be proper, wink wink, nod nod."
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