in NY - is part of a wider pattern according to the NY Times. What
does this behavior say about Mr. Obama? If nothing else it says post-
partisan he is not. Until recently he's handled these interventions
fairly well. However his handling of Gov. Paterson was less - shall we
say, subtle. Now don't get me wrong. The last thing I wanted out of
Obama was another centrist Clintonian, pandering to the right while
offering the left a high hard finger. Yet it remains to be seen if
such heavy handed tactics won't come back to bite the party in its
donkey bits. After all, if Clinton taught us anything it's that it
doesn't take much to scare the Dems away from their base. And we all
know how well that worked in '94.
- Frog
From The New York Times:
White House Is Taking a More Aggressive Role in State Races
The White House's intervention in the race for New York governor
shows how the Obama administration is taking a more direct role in
contests across the country.
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