Obama gave an interview to The New York Times on October 27 outlining how he would more forcefully point out the differences between himself and Senator Clinton. The Clinton camp pulled out the same tired soundbite the always do whenever Obama stands up to explain how he’s different:
Asked about Mr. Obama’s remarks, Mrs. Clinton’s spokesman, Howard Wolfson, said: “Senator Obama once promised Americans a politics of hope. But now that his campaign has stalled he is abandoning that strategy and is engaging in the same old-style personal attacks that he once rejected. We are confident that voters will reject this strategy, especially from a candidate who told us he would do better.”
They say this exact same line so frequently I think they must have it on a broken record somewhere. This time, Obama responded:
“I’ve been amused by seeing some of the commentary out of the Clinton camp, where every time we point out a difference between me and her, they say, ‘What happened to the politics of hope?’ which is just silly,” he said, laughing.
Asked why it was silly, he responded: “The notion that somehow changing the tone means simply that we let them say whatever they want to say or that there are no disagreements and that we’re all holding hands and singing ‘Kumbaya’ is obviously not what I had in mind and not how I function. And anybody who thinks I have, hasn’t been paying attention.”
Kumbaya, Senator. Goon Feather gets to the nitty-gritty:
He needs to hammer the fact that pointing out differences isn’t the same as negative campaigning again and again.
