This is pretty funny

From TPM Election Central:

This is pretty funny. Hillary spokesperson Phil Singer blasted out an email at 11:23 insisting that Obama release his tax returns for back years,

Exactly two minutes later, at 11:25, Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor emailed out word that Obama had posted his tax returns for 2000-2006 on his campaign web site. Turns out the Obama camp has been planning this for some time.

And, yes, it was pretty damn funny. *Thwap!*

I’ll lay off of snipergate (or Tuzlagate or Sinbadgate) because the media has finally picked up the story en masse and the trainwreck that is the Clinton campaign is handling the onslaught so poorly that I don’t (currently) feel the need to rub their noses in it further.  Here’s the nutshell version of the Clinton responses to the controversy: She mispoke.  She was sleep-deprived.  She is human.  Rev. Wright.  Rev. Wright!  Rev. Wright!!! Pathetic.

But the above example from TPM is another reason why I’m totally impressed with how well the Obama campaign has worked the game during this campaign, without appearing underhanded, and how I’m becoming increasingly confident that Obama can handle whatever comes his way during the general election. He’s a solid candidate, he’s picked a great staff and he responded to the Wright controversy magnificently.  Hillary and her team of allegedly great political minds, on the other hand, were taken down by fucking Sinbad and have responded like sniveling, dissembling infants.

For their sake, I hope Carrot Top doesn’t have anything on them.

MORE: Just a reminder of how far Obama has come.  People tend to forget how far he was behind Hillary when this all started.

Posted by Kevin K. on 03/25/08 at 08:41 PM • Permalink

Obama has run a brilliant campaign, which in my view makes him the candidate who would be more ready on that fabled Day One.

It’s sad but you can really smell the desperation coming from the Clinton campaign.  As an aside, James Carville needs to just go away for good - he hasn’t helped the Democrats since Clinton #1 left office.