way too many people are going off the reservation in the obama campaign.
we’ve had the guy talking to the canadians about nafta. hillary, of course, did the same thing, but that’s not my concern here.
then this samantha power person called hillary a monster and had to resign.
now we find out that she told the bbc that obama might waffle on the troop withdrawals:
He will, of course, not rely on some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or a U.S. Senator…. You can’t make a commitment in March 2008 about what circumstances will be like in January of 2009…
good lord.
say what you want about hillary (and most of what i say is bad), but at least she and all of her people are rigidly disciplined, on message, and on the same page. even if what they have to say is odious, at least it is coordinated.
obama himself may have pretty good message discipline, but his people are all over the map.
his campaign is starting to look like amateur hour, coinciding with the first real pressure he’s faced as a candidate.
they need to get professional, and fast.
update: mark halperin at time magazine addresses this very subject.