People know this is just the next political maneuver he is trying because everything else has failed...
Plan A: Politics of Hope
Result: Falls behind
Plan B: Lobbyists
Result: Falls further behind
Plan C: Attack time
Result: Falls further behind
Plan D: Attack even more
Result: My guess is more of the same
He has no credibility in these attacks because first,his and Hillary's positions are largely the same on most issues...and second, his criticisms on Iran are completely undercut by the fact that his own mentor Dick Durbin voted for it, Wes Clark and Joe Wilson favored it, and Obama clearly did not lead on the issue before he decided it was fodder for criticism...as the Clinton campaign accuratly pointed out today...
Memo: Seasons of the Campaign
To: Interested Parties
From: Clinton Campaign
RE: Seasons of the Campaign
SENATOR OBAMA’S “NEXT PHASE”
This week Senator Obama criticized Senator Clinton’s vote to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.
Senator Obama was silent on the measure when it was considered on the floor. Despite serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee, he wasn’t involved in Senate negotiations or discussions over the bill’s language. (See: Huffington Post) He didn’t speak out against it before it was voted on – he didn’t even return from the campaign trail to vote. He didn’t speak out against it at a nationally televised debate that night or defend himself from an attack during the debate on his missed vote. In fact, he waited more than nine hours after the vote was over to issue a statement about it.
If Senator Obama believed the measure was as dangerous as he says, wouldn’t he have had some obligation to stand up, speak out, and fight against it?
So perhaps something else is at work: politics. (BINGO)
As Senator Obama’s closest ally in the Senate, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, said, "If I thought there was any way it could be used as a pretense to launch an invasion of Iran I would have voted no."