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  Trailhead and the Politics of Hope

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  In political news, this email from Clinton's chief strategist Mark Penn just arrived:
  

  Losing ground in the polls, Senator Obama announced over the weekend that he will abandon the politics of hope and attack Hillary in tonight’s debate. Senator Edwards, who rose to prominence in 2004 by eschewing attacks on other Democrats, formally announced last night that he is going to attack Senator Clinton’s character.

  Considering that both Senators Obama and Edwards made their names by pledging to be positive, the last thing one would have expected was for either of them to go out and announce with pride that they were now going to go negative on a fellow Democrat.  It’s unprecedented in my experience.

  Of course, Hillary will not hesitate to set the record straight on the issues that opponents raise about her.  But as we move deeper into the Fall we are seeing the clear contours emerge:

  One candidate is defining the “politics of hope” while the others are abandoning them.

  Want to guess which one?

  We're certainly looking forward to this evening's debate.

  Published Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:15 PM by Chadwick Matlin
  Email Chadwick.Matlin+TH@gmail.com

  Filed under: Trailhead, Hillary Clinton

About Chadwick Matlin

• Chadwick Matlin is the staff reporter for Slate's The Big Money, a new business site launching in the fall. He can be reached at Chadwick.Matlin+TH@gmail.com