(Bill) Clinton wins again

[emilyg]

(BILL) CLINTON WINS AGAIN!...

"This is what you want to cover. This is what you live for!"

President Bill Clinton chiding a reporter for asking about his attacks on Barack Obama, January 23, 2008

"Advisers to Mr. Clinton said that some of his criticism of Mr. Obama had been choreographed with campaign advisers..."

The New York Times, January 23, 2008

And the results are in: Bill Clinton's choreographed outbursts have been a smashing success.

Clinton's antics not only aired discredited and divisive attacks against Barack Obama, they also earned him more media coverage than John Edwards and every Republican running for president last week. The Project for Excellence in Journalism found the former President absolutely dominated last week's news coverage. In a hypothetical head-to-head, Obama would have beaten Hillary Clinton in stories about a single candidate. But Obama actually trailed once the Clintons' coverage is combined:

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[Occam Bandage]

1. A high-profile backfire is all the worse.

[Tellurian]

2. Bill taking all the oxygen out of Obama's attack headlines...tsk, tsk!

even calling Uncle Teddy and Caroline to make him stop.

[Jim Sagle]

3. Pssttt...she's a lot older than that.

;)

[Mojorabbit]

4. He is screwing up her campaign

She is good enough on her own. He steals her limelight. She is the one who should be in the news and not him.

[sandnsea]

5. So you admit he was race baiting??

That's what you're saying here, you realize don't you. All the stuff he said were innocent comments that meant nothing - were actually choreographed.