Chief Strategist of the Clinton campaign Mark Penn and Communications Director Howard Wolfson held a conference call to discuss the "State of the Race."
Mark Penn said that "millions of people" know who the right person is to be the manager of the US economy where, he said, the next president is likely to inherent all the economic problems left by the current administration. He said that Clinton can end the war in Iraq and protect the country. He attacked Obama for a statement in 2004 when he said that he didn't know how he would have voted on the 2002 Iraq war resolution. Then he said that momentum is tipping in favor of Clinton on the "most important issues" and he predicted a her success in tomorrow's contests.
Howard Wolfson spoke very critically of Barack Obama. He highlighted two developments that he said arose in the last couple of days. The first concerns a memo that is circulating in Canada about the Obama team having allegedly discussed details regarding his position on NAFTA with Canadian officials despite denying that any discussion on NAFTA had taken place. But Wolfson said that the Canadian press revealed that a "senior member of Obama's economic team" spoke with Canadian officials saying that Obama's message on NAFTA in Ohio is "just rhetoric." Wolfson said that this is a "major story" in Ohio and told listeners that this news comes after Obama has been "unfairly attacking" Clinton on trade. The second issue Wolfson brought up was the controversy involving real estate developer Tony Rezko who is in court facing federal charges of attempted extortion, money laundering, and fraud. Rezko was an Obama supporter with alleged ties to his campaign. Wolfson said that the Clinton campaign is urging Obama to "come clean" and reveal everything they can about relationship between Obama and Rezko but that they are refusing.
Hillary Clinton's Chief Strategist and Communications Director hold conference call
Mark Penn said that "millions of people" know who the right person is to be the manager of the US economy where, he said, the next president is likely to inherent all the economic problems left by the current administration. He said that Clinton can end the war in Iraq and protect the country. He attacked Obama for a statement in 2004 when he said that he didn't know how he would have voted on the 2002 Iraq war resolution. Then he said that momentum is tipping in favor of Clinton on the "most important issues" and he predicted a her success in tomorrow's contests.
Howard Wolfson spoke very critically of Barack Obama. He highlighted two developments that he said arose in the last couple of days. The first concerns a memo that is circulating in Canada about the Obama team having allegedly discussed details regarding his position on NAFTA with Canadian officials despite denying that any discussion on NAFTA had taken place. But Wolfson said that the Canadian press revealed that a "senior member of Obama's economic team" spoke with Canadian officials saying that Obama's message on NAFTA in Ohio is "just rhetoric." Wolfson said that this is a "major story" in Ohio and told listeners that this news comes after Obama has been "unfairly attacking" Clinton on trade. The second issue Wolfson brought up was the controversy involving real estate developer Tony Rezko who is in court facing federal charges of attempted extortion, money laundering, and fraud. Rezko was an Obama supporter with alleged ties to his campaign. Wolfson said that the Clinton campaign is urging Obama to "come clean" and reveal everything they can about relationship between Obama and Rezko but that they are refusing.