Thomas B. Edsall, Huffasnuffaluffagus Post
Jim Geraghty of National Review describes Edsall as "a solid, veteran reporter," so this seems to be worth taking seriously despite the source.
A panicked and cash-short Clinton campaign is seriously considering giving up on the Nevada caucuses and on the South Carolina primary in order to regroup and to save resources for the massive 19-state mega-primary on February 5.
At the same time, some top independent expenditure groups supporting Clinton have been exploring the creation of an anti-Obama "527 committee" that would take unlimited contributions from a few of Clinton's super-rich backers and from a handful of unions to finance television ads and direct mail designed to tarnish the Illinois Senator's image.
Comments Geraghty: "Wow. You think Hillary's likeability numbers are low now? How about when her allies declare all-out war to tarnish the guy being called the second coming of Martin Luther King?"
(Remember, kids, nobody smears like the Clinton smear machine. This could be ugly.)
It also sounds like a strategy aimed at producing deadlock at the convention, so that Hillary can win by playing inside baseball--or at least insure that if she's not the nominee, Obama won't be, either. |