A change of tone
As we discussed below, Sentator Obama seems to have decided he is running against something more than Senator Clinton. AP:
Obama told the former first lady he was helping unemployed workers on the streets of Chicago when “you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart.”
Moments later, Clinton said that she was fighting against misguided Republican policies “when you were practicing law and representing your contributor…in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago.”
Obama seemed particularly irritated at the former president, whom he accused in absentia of uttering a series of distortions to aid his wife’s presidential effort. “I’m here. He’s not,” she snapped. “Well, I can’t tell who I’m running against sometimes,” Obama countered.
Hillary’s reference to Antoin “Tony” Rezko, whose name was omitted from the AP piece, seems apt. The WSJ noted: “Mr. Obama admitted he ‘did about five hours of work’ on a property case involving Mr. Rezko when he was a junior lawyer in Chicago. Mr. Obama has donated most of the money he received from Mr. Rezko to charity.”
Whatever the particulars of the matter, it is amusing to see Hillary take up the theme of organized crime. Not only have some wags called her Michael to her husband’s Vito, but the Clinton machine even went out of its way to create a Sopranos video starring them. Kneecapping and other hijinx are perhaps sure to follow.