COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that the front-runner for his party's nomination, Hillary Clinton, does not offer the break from politics as usual that voters need.
Both Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, and her husband, former President Clinton, have criticized Obama for his lack of political experience. (Related: Bill Clinton hits Obama on experience)
Obama said he understands their argument.
"They want to make the argument that Senator Clinton is just an extension of the Bill Clinton presidency," Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press. "They've been the dominant political family in the Democratic Party for the last 20 years now. So it's not surprising that they want to focus on their longevity.
But, Obama said: "My belief is that the American people are looking for a fundamental break from the way we've been doing business."
Obama said his opposition to the Iraq war before combat began shows his experience. Clinton voted to authorize military action in Iraq.
"On the single most important foreign policy issue of our time, I got it right," Obama said.
This week marks the fifth anniversary of a speech Obama gave in 2002 opposing the Iraq war, and he'll spend the week revisiting that address and discussing the foreign policy challenges he says it has created.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/Typical CNN hyperbole. I saw a link saying "Obama blasts the Clintons!" and I'm like awesome, about time. But then I read the article lol.
Obama needs to start slamming her on Iraq. He was right about Iraq in the beginning and should focus on that more. Hillary made the easy, politically expedient vote on the war. Her entire "knowing what I know now..." excuse is invalid, as Kucinich and others have pointed out; there was more than enough evidence out suggesting Iraq had no WMD, no ties to 911, and no ties to terrorism
before the war began. Of course the media would have us believe these revelations came out a year or so later, to cover their own asses - they didn't do their jobs when it was most important.
Obama is a great writer and is surrounded by great writers, yet he can't come up with some line or point to really address Clinton.
