Josh Marshall: Obama isn't very good at defending himself. And that's hard for me to ignore...

[wyldwolf]

"Hillary can be relentless and like a sledgehammer, delivering tendentious but
probably effective attacks. But whatever you think of those attacks, Obama isn't
very good at defending himself. And that's hard for me to ignore when thinking
of him as a general election candidate. In most of these cases -- such as the Reagan
issue -- I think Obama's remarks have been unobjectionable but ambiguous and
certainly susceptible to both misunderstanding and intentional misrepresentation.
And if you're going to talk like that -- nuance, as we used to say -- be able to
defend it when people play with your words. And I don't see it."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/064349.php

[dkf]

1. Hillary doesn't have to defend herself. She has Bill.

Yuck.

[rodeodance]

9. and Obama has Michelle. but I will not say Yuck like you did

........Hillary doesn't have to defend herself. She has Bill.
Posted by dkf


Yuck.

[wyldwolf]

17. And Obama has Oprah... oh, wait. She seems to be MIA

[SteppingRazor]

2. I agree.

Hillary's sledgehammer-like attacks have been tendentious, and Obama's remarks have been unobjectionable, if ambiguous.

:popcorn:

[redqueen]

3. "that's hard for me to ignore when thinking of him as a general election candidate"

Exactly.

[MADem]

4. I have to agree with JMM, but I don't think he is going to get his little wish at the end

Let's hope Mitt wins Florida.

[Fresh_Start]

5. failure to be able to respond to his nuanced votes

is one of the things that sunk Kerry.

[HeraldSquare212]

6. I think the things she's been attacking him on work the other way in the GE. nt

[mckeown1128]

7. Jessshhh... make up your minds...

can he not defend himself or is he attacking Clinton wildly in desparation and panic? You can't accuse him of both.

[redqueen]

8. This is coming from JMM. (nt)

[mckeown1128]

10. JMM?

[jkshaw]

14. Josh Marshall

[rodeodance]

11. in so many ways, Obmama reponses remind me of Kerry during 04--long winded-

finally getting it out a few minutes later.

[pampango]

12. If we want to nominate the best campaigner, it should be Hillary (especially

since Bill comes as a part of the package). Of course, I could have told you that before the nominating process started and the other candidates could have just chilled.

If a wuality campaigner is all that we are looking for, she is the one. Anyone who supports another candidate probably does not do so based on a belief that he is a better campaigner, but for other reasons.

[jefferson_dem]

13. So you roll out a three day old blog comment to make your case?

Wow...that's pretty convincing...

[Cameron27]

15. Three days is now ancient history?

Josh Marshall has consistently defended Obama, so it's interesting to see his opinion on this. I agree with him btw.

[wyldwolf]

16. LOL! Hey, what is the shelf life on blog posts so I can adhere to your silly made up rules?

[MethuenProgressive]

18. When he can't lean on cheerleading, chants, and fuzzy feel good poll-tested happy talk..

he falls on his face.