Obama campaign lawyer calls into Clinton conference call with reporters

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/03/obama-camp-infi.html

ABC News' Teddy Davis and Talal Al-Khatib Report: In one of the most bizarre moments of the 2008 campaign, Obama campaign lawyer Bob Bauer called into a Hillary Clinton conference call with reporters, asking a series of antagonistic questions.

"I'd be interested to know," said Bauer, "how is this any different from the series of complaints that you register against every caucus that you lose?"

Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson encouraged Bauer to see to it that allegations of caucus vote tampering be addressed in an expeditious way.

Wolfson later accused Bauer of a "vigorous defense of the indefensible."

:crazy:

[cui bono]

1. I heard Clinton was trying to rig the caucus votes on Randi Rhodes show.

She said that Clinton told her supporters to be sure they were precinct captains or whatever they're called in all areas where they were behind.

Anyone know about this?

[Exilednight]

2. It was reported in the news the other day. There were several threads started about it.

[cui bono]

4. thanks, I'll look for them. n/t

[yourguide]

3. This is pretty amazing!

really really incredible!

[baldguy]

5. .

:rofl:

[cui bono]

6. Well now I see what the conference call was about... Clinton alleging

irregularities in the Texas caucuses...

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/04/730395.aspx

Not your average conference call...
Posted: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:32 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: 2008, Clinton, Obama, Primaries

From NBC's Mark Murray
In an extraordinary Clinton conference call -- in which the campaign alleged irregularities in the Texas caucuses -- the top lawyer for the Obama campaign (Bob Bauer) jumped on the call during the Q&A session to rebut the Clinton camp's charges.

The Clinton campaign alleged (among other things) that Obama supporters were confiscating precinct chairman manuals at the caucuses, as well as locking out Clinton supporters from the precincts.

<snip>

But during the Q&A session -- on the second question -- Bauer jumped into the fray. He charged that the Clinton campaign in the past had in fact filed a lawsuit raising questions about the Nevada caucuses. (In truth, however, it wasn't the Clinton campaign that filed the lawsuit; it was a state teacher's organization with ties to the Clinton campaign that did.) Bauer also noted that the Clinton campaign has complained about previous caucus contests.

<snip>

Minutes later, the Clinton campaign pointed out that Bauer never refuted the actual charges of irregularities in Texas.

It's also worth noting that the campaign cited irregularities in precincts 18 and 24 in Harris County (regarding the seizure of precinct chairman materials), as well as precincts 1851 and 75 in the same country (regarding Clinton supporters being locked out). But the campaign offered no evidence beyond that.

[LadyVT]

7. From what I hear, both candidates should be questioning the TX caucus!!

There are lots of reports, statewide, of irregularities in the caucuses tonight. Many citizen complaints.