A Frustrated Hillary

02-26-2008

You know Hillary Clinton wants to come out and just trash Barack Obama on his foreign policy experience. But she also knows that isn't what a good Democrat does because if Obama is the nominee, the Republicans will have a field day with those comments. Still, clearly she is making a subtle and at times, not so subtle pitch that she has what it takes when it comes to national security experience. She's going to have to leave it to others to investigate and indeed The Associated Press delivers this report this morning. Read part of it below:

Based on his Senate history, Barack Obama as president would likely push to expand human rights and reduce poverty abroad using cooperation rather than confrontation. If foreign events permit.

Aside from his vigorous opposition to the Iraq war, Obama spent more of his time on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on speeches and inspirational trips than on investigations and aggressive oversight. He was a junior senator with an agreeable manner who was just beginning to cut his teeth on foreign policy issues when he decided to run for president.

Since he took office in 2005, much of Obama's work attracted little, if any, attention because of the nation's focus on the Iraq war. Obama pushed through legislation that condemned violence by the Zimbabwe government, for example. He helped raise awareness about Darfur and called on the administration to do more to reduce global poverty.

Read more here.

The question for the Hillary Clinton campaign is has the Obama train already left the station? They've been trying all different sorts of tactics. Will they stick with voters?

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