YES! This is beautiful. Barack Obama -- willing to speak truth to power to ANYONE, even his friends. That is the kind of leadership we want in a President.
First they roll out the Townsend re-endorsement as if it was new even though it took place months ago.
Then they start spreading this old video, without any context or info about Ted's response.
Context: This was after Ted lent his name to Bush's No Child Left Behind and the prescription drug bills. Everyone now sees those were failures, including Ted. He blames the Republicans, but he was wrong to ever trust them. Not with Bush in the White House.
Ted's response: "Senator Kennedy is glad Senator Obama tells people to give him a call when it’s time to fight. He’s always more than happy to stand up and fight for the American people."
Marc Ambinder, an Atlantic associate editor, is blogging the 2008 presidential election from the roadshows. He might also write the occasional post about aviation, national security, and cognitive neuroscience. Mostly politics, though.
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Isn't part of Obama's attraction that he can build coalitions even with those he (sometimes) disagrees with?
And wasn't this video released more than a month ago?
Nice try, Camp Clinton...
Posted by David | January 28, 2008 9:28 AM