Spin Cycle

Obama is now juggling three balls at once: He's arguing with George Bush and John McCain about Iraq and the economy, and now faces an assault from Hillary on his national security experience.

For a candidate whose rise has been fueled by an argument for rejecting the status quo, maybe the multiple attacks prove his point. His campaign responds sharply on a conference call to Hillary's new ad suggesting he couldn't protect our kids, by blending all three of the critics together:

"We don't think the ad is going to be effective at all. Senator Clinton already had her red phone moment -- to decide whether to allow George Bush to invade Iraq. She answered affirmatively. She did not read the National Intelligence Estimate. She still, curiously, tries to suggest that it wasn't a vote for war, but it most assuredly was...

"This is about what you say when you answer that phone. What judgment you show...She, John McCain and George Bush gave the wrong answer."