By Greg Sargent - September 18, 2007, 10:24AM
John Edwards' internet guru, Joe Trippi, is about to send out a mass email to supporters blasting Hillary as a "corporate Democratic insider" over a fundraiser she's holding today in Washington.
"Guess who's really coming to lunch with Hillary," the email asks, in a reference to a recent contest the Hillary campaign held to choose a donor to have lunch with Hillary and Bill.
Trippi's attack is a remarkably direct shot, hitting her again and again over this event, a fundraiser in D.C. for government contractors and lobbyists in the homeland security industry. The story of the fundraiser was broken last week by TPM alum and ABC News reporter Justin Rood.
"If you want to know why we need change in Washington – and I mean real change, not just trading corporate Republican insiders with corporate Democratic insiders – then just look at Senator Clinton's schedule for today," Trippi's email will say, according to an advance copy we obtained.
"That no one in the Clinton campaign – including the candidate – found anything
wrong with holding this fundraiser is an indication of just how bad things have gotten in Washington – because there isn't an American outside of Washington who would not be sickened by it," the email continues.
More, including full text of e-mail at link:
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/09/_edwards_camp_cranks_up_attack_on_corporate_insider_hillary_in_new_email.php