Legal Commentary

Candidates Battle Over Exaggerations

By Jeralyn

The sniping continued today between the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns.

Hillary says she mispoke about her Bosnia trip. Obama aides pounce. Hillary aides pounce back.

After Mr. Obama’s campaign mocked her Tuesday for her misstatements, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign went on the offensive, citing news reports that identified instances where Mr. Obama had exaggerated.

“Senator Obama has called himself a constitutional professor, claimed credit for passing legislation that never left committee and apparently inflated his role as a community organizer, among other issues,” said a Clinton spokesman, Phil Singer. “When it comes to his record, just words won’t do.”

McCain's aides took a more sensible approach:

A senior adviser to the presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, cited the Democratic skirmishing to note that politicians sometimes made misstatements.

This is such a non-story for me, but it's in the news, so if you want to discuss it, go ahead, beat it to death.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).