Reply #26: she didn't

[Two Americas]

It is silly to claim that she did.

The party definitely does have a problem with appearing to be elitist. The style and campaigns of both Gore and Kerry reinforced that. That seems to me to be a more important truth for us to hear than Obama's remarks were.

Pressed on whether she truly believes Obama is an elitist, Clinton called him "a good man," but recalled the narratives of the 2000 and 2004 president election.

"You don't have to think back too far to remember that good men running for president were viewed as being elitist and out of touch with the values and lives of millions of Americans," she said.

Sorry, there is no "nasty spiel" there, nothing "outrageous," no one is being "thrown under the bus" and no one is being "denigrated."

Kerry and Gore did lose - they quit, they didn't fight for their voters.

All that said, I am no fan or supporter of Clinton and do not think that she is necessarily any better or would have done things any differently.