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Formerly: Intelligence analyst to the U.S. Government
Currently: Tech consultant to the U.S. Intelligence Community
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February 20, 2008

“Obama is all talk” is all talk

7:00 pm,
Scroll down for an update to this post, February 20 The Clinton campaign's new strategy is to cast Obama as an orator, and nothing else. From today's Times: "Speeches don’t put food on the table," Mrs. Clinton said at a General Motors plant in Warren, Ohio, on Thursday morning. "Speeches don’t fill up your tank, or fill your prescription, or do anything about that stack of bills that keeps you up at night." "My opponent gives speeches. I offer solutions." "It’s about whether you choose the power of solutions over the power of speeches." (That last quote is from Bill.) Hogwash. I've been hearing this more and more lately: Obama is all talk, everything he says is vague, he never talks details, we don't ...

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