Reply #87: Anyone who compares what Hillary is doing to what the rethugs will do is

[jackson_dem]

Either ignorant of the past or blinded by Clinton hate. There is no equivalence between intra party attacks and inter party attacks. The re are restraints candidates are subject to by political reality regarding what they can say about a rival from the same party. There are also some issues that work for the other party but would not work in the primary. The DNC is attacking McCain as out of touch on the economy for saying it was strong. Was Romney too dumb to realize this? No, he was in a rethug primary and knew saying that would hurt him with Bush supporters in the primary. What about the inevitable "X is too liberal" attack the rethugs use? No Dem candidate is going to make that a centerpiece of the campaign because it would help the other candidate in a primary process dominated by such voters. The rethugs obviously use it every four years and it worked against Kerry and Gore.