http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/10/30/hope/index.htmlBy Tim Grieve
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 13:36 EST
The politics of hope
We got an e-mail today from one of Hillary Clinton's campaign spokesmen. It said that we "might want to check out Hillary Hub this morning," and it provided a link to make it easy for us to do so.
What we found there: a banner that says "The Politics of Hope," video clips of Barack Obama and John Edwards talking about "the politics of hope," and four newspaper and wire service headlines about how Obama and Edwards are going after Clinton.
The implication? Attacking the views of another Democratic candidate means either that you've turned your back on the "politics of hope" or that you never really believed in the idea in the first place.
But don't just take our word for it. As we began to write this post, we received another e-mail message from the Clinton campaign. This one, a memo to "interested parties" from Clinton strategist Mark Penn, accuses Edwards and Obama of having "abandoned" the "politics of hope" by declaring that they're "going to go negative" on the Democratic front-runner.
Here's our memo in response: Stop.
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