What a day for the junior senator from Massachusetts. It is, after all, a special anniversary for our very accomplished legislator….
…and he is being dragged into the presidential campaign by Hillary Clinton, who says Barack Obama suffers from the same snob problem that hurt John Forbes Kerry,
PHOTO CAPTION: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., casts Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as an ‘elitist’; draws comparison to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. (ABC News Photo Illustration)
The Note: Bitter Tastes
Clinton Casts Obama As John Kerry, As Pa. Battle Rages
We had our clues back in the arugula-wilting Iowa sun (and one does have to wonder whether his lanky frame is better suited for windsurfing than bowling).
Maybe Sen. Barack Obama’s biggest fear should never have been becoming Jesse Jackson. Maybe it should have been becoming John Kerry.