Oh, Bill
Asked today in Columbia what it said about Obama that it "took two people to beat him," Bill Clinton said: "That's just bait, too. Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice, in '84 and '88. And he ran a good campaign. Senator Obama's run a good campaign here, he's run a good campaign everywhere" (National Journal/NBC).
B. Clinton will "appear at an event in Independence, Missouri this evening" to stump for HRC ("Political Ticker").
before this becomes another "Clintons are racist" story, how about pointing out that Jesse Jackson was the last Democratic candidate (not born there) to win South Carolina and not win the nomination.
Before this becomes another "Clinton are racist" story, how about the Clintons stop making comments that can be misconstrued that way ?
Noone thinks the Clintons are racist but trying to dismiss tonight's win as a "black thing" as he clearly tries to do here (in a political non-racist way) is idiotic, offensive and thanks to a wonderful tie between Clinton and Obama among white men, untrue.
How about he says Obama is running a great campaign like Bill Bradley or Gary Hart if he wants to compare him with famous primary losers that have actually more in common with Obama than Jackson ?