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"Uppity Obama"

By The Daily Dish
Dec 4 2007, 3:57 AM ET

When Clintons attack, it's time to take notes. David Corn has some Clinton favor here:

"They really, really hate Obama," one Democratic operative unaffiliated with any campaign, tells me. "They can't stand him. They talk about him as if he's worse than Bush." What do they hate about him? After all, there aren't a lot of deep policy differences between the two, and he hasn't gone for the jugular during the campaign. "It's his presumptuousness," this operative says. "That he thinks he can deny her the nomination. Who is he to try to do that?" You mean, he's, uh, uppity? "Yes." A senior House Democratic aide notes, "The Clinton people are going nuts in how much they hate him. But the problem is their narrative has gone beyond the plausible."

How dare anyone deny the Queen Consort her coronation? I guess Mrs Nice Guy is now retiring.



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