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To: American Spirit who wrote (115677)	2/26/2008 12:08:23 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

cliffyAS: Clinton Aide Compares Obama to Jesse Jackson Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race. Despite the backlash against President Clinton when he compared the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama to that of Rev. Jesse Jackson after the South Carolina primary, a top Clinton adviser evoked that comparison again today. Long-time Democratic National Committee member Harold Ickes, who served as deputy chief of staff for President Clinton and is a top aide to Sen. Hillary Clinton, made the comparison at a breakfast with reporters today when asked if he thinks stretching the Democratic primary on for three more months will hurt the Democrats in a general election. “We have two really strong and very good candidates. This party has been blessed … to have a woman who, I think will be the next president of the United States [and] to have a powerful spokesman in the form of Sen. Obama and he is, that’s one of the reasons I supported Jesse Jackson in 19894 and 1988, I thought we needed a strong, powerful candidate, a black candidate, running for president,” Ickes said. Indeed, Ickes did work on Jackson’s presidential bids. But the comparison is a sensitive subject for voters, who felt President Clinton’s comment comparing Obama’s decisive South Carolina win to that of Jackson was inappropriate and racially charged. Some say the comment could have contributed to some of his wife’s losses in the February races. Ickes repeatedly told reporters that he does not feel the race is over, despite Clinton losing 11-straight contests to Obama. When asked whether she should withdraw her candidacy so that the Democratic Party can focus on beating the Republicans in November, Ickes gave a strong “no.”

To: American Spirit who wrote (115677)	2/26/2008 12:15:46 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Clinton Strategy Quandary: sewerRAT fighting cityRAT Underdog or Aggressor? Campaign Must Decide How It Will Proceed In Bid to Beat Obama By AMY CHOZICK February 26, 2008; Page A8 WASHINGTON -- Lately Sen. Hillary Clinton has appeared on the campaign trail as alternately a compassionate underdog who lavishes praise on her rival and an aggressive opponent on the attack. For what could be the most important debate in her political career tonight in Cleveland, her campaign may need to choose which approach will best convince voters to look past Sen. Barack Obama's momentum at the polls. The tension between the two campaigns continued yesterday when a 2006 photo of Sen. Obama dressed as a Somali elder during a trip to Africa appeared on the Drudge Report. The political Web site reported that the photo had been circulated by a Clinton campaign aide, prompting an angry response from the Obama campaign. In an email to reporters, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe referred to an incident in Iowa when two Clinton volunteers resigned after it was revealed they had circulated an email claiming that the Illinois senator, a Christian, is a Muslim. "This is part of a disturbing pattern," Mr. Plouffe wrote.