(Bill) Clinton wins again [View All]

[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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