Open Negativity

So, Hillary went and won herself another big primary last night. This underscores the fact, I think, that neither Democratic candidate can win the general election alone. This great, democratic process has divided the party almost irreparably. When I take a moment to look at message boards about the primary season, the theme I see is this. Hillary supporters think that Obama supporters are naïve. Obama supporters think that Hillary supporters are stuck in the past. I think it doesn’t really matter, because they need each other desperately to win at this point, and there is no getting around it.

During the primary coverage on CNN, though, I was once again struck by the difference in media coverage. Several times they mentioned that Hillary was going negative, running negative ads against Obama, and saying negative things on the campaign trail. This morning when I woke up, one of the headlines was regarding the NY Times article about how they want to smack Hillary on the hand for going negative. Well, that’s all very well, and to some extent I agree that the negativity is wearing thin.

On both sides…

You see, what isn’t being reported are the negative mailings that Obama’s campaign has been doing against Hillary. I guess if it isn’t done in an open forum, it doesn’t count.