Spin Cycle

Although we concentrate mostly on Hillary here, you shouldn't get the impression that negativity only goes one way, or that Barack Obama doesn't get his digs in at her. Here's an excerpt from a speech in NH yesterday, with Obama talking about the claim that he's not electable:

"This argument is being pushed by the way by a candidate who starts off with a 47% disapproval ratings. You know, so, I’m not going to mention names but I mean the notion that a viability or an electability argument is being made by somebody who starts off with almost half the country not being able to vote for (pause and laughter) them doesn’t make sense."

And also: In the wake of reports yesterday that Clinton registered websites to attack Obama as an equivocator over his "present" votes in the Illinois legislature, today brings news that Obama has registered a satellite to his HillaryAttacks website, called DesperateHillaryAttacks.com.

Leading to much debate about whether PresentVotes.com is a 'personal' attack, and whether "Desperate" modifies Hillary or Attacks, making it a personal attack itself, or not. Just the kind of issues Iowans care about, and a good reflection of the wonderful ways in which campaign "operatives" elevate the level of political discourse.