Saturday, December 8, 2007

Campaign tactics watch

Oprah Winfrey, as we've known for some time, campaigns this weekend for Barack Obama in both Iowa and South Carolina. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, responds by bringing her daughter Chelsea, and her mother Dorothy, with her to Des Moines.

Suggestion: lately the Clinton campaign is responding to what Obama does. They're on the defensive--not where you want to be in a campaign. (for so long, Senator Clinton's opponents were the ones responding to Clinton.)

And in any case, Chelsea and Dorothy can't match up with Oprah.