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Obama Reacts to Clinton Staffer Resignation
December 14, 2007 2:33 PM
ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., reacted Friday to the resignation of one of his chief rival's New Hampshire co-chair for comments he made about Obama's admitted teenage drug use.
Bill Shaheen resigned as Clinton's New Hampshire co-chair after suggesting Republicans would attack Obama for the admission if he became the Democrats' nominee for president.
Clinton personally apologized to Obama on the tarmac of the Ronald Reagan Airport before they flew to Iowa for a debate.
"I take the Clinton campaign's word that they didn't know what this guy was doing and I understand all that, but the one thing I will say is, I told my staff that if I catch you guys doing any kind of stuff like this, you're fired. Period," the Illinois Democrat told syndicated radio morning show host Tom Joyner Friday.
Listen to the interview HERE.
"What we need to do -- and I told this to Senator Clinton yesterday -- that we need to send a strong message to all of our surrogates and all of our staffs, that we don't play that," he said.
Obama said Clinton's former staffer's comment smacked of desperation.
"I take it as a compliment because it shows me that folks are getting a little worried about our campaign," he said.
"The fact that we're up in Iowa and we've now closed the gap in New Hampshire and South Carolina, that means we've got momentum and that means you're a target. What it also means is folks are excited, they're energized. I think people are realizing we've got a chance," Obama said.
December 14, 2007 in Bush, George W., Kucinich, Dennis, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (66)
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After watching the last Iowa debate, I was impressed by the rapport between the Democrats.
Senator Barack Obama would make a good vice president to Senator Hillary Clinton.
The sooner the Republicans are kicked out of the White House, the better and safer we would be.
God bless America!
Posted by: Orikinla Osinachi | Dec 14, 2007 3:59:15 PM
Senator Obama will make a great president in '09. Hillary can stay in the senate.
Posted by: Carolyn Grace | Dec 14, 2007 4:16:38 PM
Senator Clinton in the debate showed her cool,stable ease with all affairs domestic and foreign.She is so prepared and intelligent,she posses the stability and Grace that our country has been so lacking on the WORLD stage especially the last 7 years.
The reality of how Change can and will occur is masterful.
Obama looked like a school boy practicing what he would do when he grew up.How anyone can accept this naive,Idealism,he lacks the concept of what the Presidency is all about.
Please wake up and see the tremendous need to have a STRONG,Dynamic Leader at this crucial time in our history.
Don't let the nit pickin on the Internet allow the Republicans to win this one. Get involved in Senator Clinton's campaign.This is for America.
Posted by: De | Dec 14, 2007 4:42:37 PM
Ms. Clinton is too divisive. Obama/Edwards or Edwards/Obama in 2008
Posted by: Michael Perry | Dec 14, 2007 5:24:24 PM
OBAMA 2008!
America doesn't have to accept fear, negativity, and incompetence anymore!
Posted by: Nashville_fan | Dec 14, 2007 5:25:10 PM
Barack Obama is the best leader the US has right now. I would follow him, and I believe him. That makes him a good leader. I would not say the same about Hillary. Vote for her if you like someone who is politically calculating.
Barack is the most eloquent American political voice in the past 40 years. We need to elect him now, at this crucial time in the world's history.
Posted by: rob h | Dec 14, 2007 5:26:38 PM
obama's a great orator - he speaks with clarity and sincerity. however, his platform is made up of ideals that are somewhat naive. i'm happy to vote for him in '12 if hillary doesn't win, but he's barely three years into his FIRST senate term, so that brings us to the question: who's the one with too much ambition?
Posted by: jose | Dec 14, 2007 5:26:57 PM
There's a shrillness, anger and desperation to Mrs. Clinton that is becoming increasingly unappealing.
I want someone who inspires me. That person is Barack Obama.
Posted by: Alison | Dec 14, 2007 5:30:41 PM
Barack Obama will offer the kind of inspiration and pride that Americans haven't felt since Reagan. I would be proud to vote for him and send the republican party a message: We aren't interested in your religion or your fear or your hate. America is better than that and everyone except the republican candidates knows it.
Posted by: Evan | Dec 14, 2007 5:44:45 PM
Obama is probably the best candidate that has come since JFK. One has to be blind not to see that. He is the only one of the candidates that is capable of inspiring our nation to unite and do great things. This is a man who calls us to a higher purpose. He is a reminder notice to why America is such a great nation. In this time in our history, where we have strayed the most from our path, our nation has called for a leader and he has stepped up to the plate, it up to us to do our part.
Patriot
Posted by: Patriot | Dec 14, 2007 5:51:45 PM
Ah silly, silly Obambi,
Well it turns out Hill is up 9 points in NH today. I guess he called victory too soon. I must say though, I am amazed at the Oprah backlash.
Posted by: Jessica M., | Dec 14, 2007 5:56:13 PM
Hillary's not looking good with her ham-handed attempts at swiftboating. Did anybody ask Bill or Al Gore if they dealt drugs. It's an ugly inference and I'm sick of her whining about the politics of personal destruction and character assassination and then turning around and doing the same.
Posted by: AlP | Dec 14, 2007 6:06:31 PM
Anyone who thinks Hillary can win the general election is in denial. Her negatives start at about 50%, before the "republican attack machine" that she announces is coming for her has even started pumping that number up with negative ads, direct mail and all the rest. Obama beats all of the other candidates head to head among likely voters of all or no party. A vote for Hillary is a vote for more republican madness and WWIII.
Posted by: Christian | Dec 14, 2007 6:11:06 PM
Alison,
I am afraid that your comments demonstrate the low educational level of the average Republican voter. Perhaps if you could spell and had a basic knowledge of the English language you might become a democrat!
Fortunately Senator Obama, despite his admitted drug use as a young man, has still got full possession of his mental facilities unlike our current president who is a poster child for the damage that drugs and alcohol can do to a persons brain.
Posted by: Edward | Dec 14, 2007 6:18:39 PM
Now Hillary is running on Change? We need REAL change for our Country. Not the same politics as usual.
Obama has got my vote. I would not vote for Hillary if she got the Dem nomination, with too many feeling that way, she will not win the nomination.
Obama '08 !!
Posted by: JM | Dec 14, 2007 6:18:48 PM
How is it that a Democrat is allowed smear another Democrat if he/she uses the magic words - "the Republicans will say?"
Have enough integity to take credit for your own dirty politics!
Posted by: Will | Dec 14, 2007 6:30:42 PM
Have you people forgotten who is currently at the helm?
Posted by: W0rdisB0rn | Dec 14, 2007 6:34:34 PM
Reading these incredibly rude, personal and nasty comments by Hillary supporters gives one a good understanding of who exactly is attracted to her candidacy. As far Obama becoming her VP, I sincerely hope would not do that if she becomes the nominated candidate. Anyone who accepts that role is asking to be tainted by whatever scandals emerge while she is in office, whether by her or by her husband. Al Gore, who is as pure as they come, couldn't even shake off that. The thought of having to read about another one of Bill Clinton's affairs is already giving me a headache. Does anyone really believe Bill can go 8 years without being caught?
Posted by: Jerome | Dec 14, 2007 6:38:14 PM
Are some Democrats so accustomed to being lied to, manipulated, fooled and otherwise bamboozled by Republicans that they will believe Hillary Clinton? Amazing.
Posted by: robby1001 | Dec 14, 2007 6:50:16 PM
Ethel Kennedy - widow of Senator Bobby Kennedy, on Obama:
"I think he feels it. He feels it just like Bobby did," Ethel Kennedy said, comparing her late husband's quest for social justice to Obama's. "He has the passion in his heart. He's not selling you. It's just him." Ethel Kennedy invited Obama to deliver the keynote address at a ceremony commemorating the 80th birthday of Robert F. Kennedy. She said she had carefully followed the career of the Illinois senator, whom she referred to as "our next president." Obama 08!
Posted by: PatriotforObama | Dec 14, 2007 6:53:17 PM
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