Wolf(son) in Sheep's Clothing

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2008/08/iowa_without_edwards.html?hpid=topnews

So Howard Wolfson, Hillary Clinton's former direct of communications for her presidential bid, is now saying Clinton could have won the nomination if the dirt on John Edward's affair would have been made public earlier by changing the Iowa caucuses. Some people are also claiming it was some kind of far-left liberal media/Obama conspiracy that the Edwards scandal was kept silent. That's all great stuff to believe if you are a resident of Fantasyland, U.S.A.

The problem: NONE of the polls or previous wisdom of either campaign supports this. The numbers show Obama being a 2-to-1 favorite for second choice among Edwards voters over Clinton. This means if Edwards wasn't in the race that Obama would have won by even more. Also, the Clinton campaign knew Iowa was going to be tough for them and even considered skipping campaigning for them knowing their horrible chances.

So why all of a sudden is Howard Wolfson making this bold (unsubstantiated and clearly non-factual) claim? HE GOT A NEW JOB! For who you ask? FOX NEWS!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/08/top-clinton-adviser-howar_n_111335.html

Now you can claim it's just a coincidence that Wolfson, a FOX News employee, would be making headlines with a claim that is clearly going to stir up animosity between Obama and Clinton supporters before the convention. But boy is that one hell of a coincidence. I just hope that cooler heads prevail and the folks that supported Senator Clinton (who has almost the exact same policy positions as Obama) and the Obama supporters don't split the Democratic party and hand this election to McCain. The stakes are way too high this time. I know it sounds cliche, but the future our our nation truly depends on it. We can't allow the economy to continue to be run into the ground while we keep burning international bridges with horrible diplomacy and sabre-rattling.