Andrew Reiff

National

Summary- Clinton Campaign Starts 5-Point Attack on Obama

Clinton has been struggling hard in the race recently against Barack Obama, and she is nearing a point of desperation. She is launching a new attack on Obama because she has been rather passive thus far in the campaign. She has lost many contests in a row now, and feels she has to active in order to break Obama's winning streak. She is now behind in the delegate count and in states won, so she really does have to make a move if she wants to stay in the race and not lose it earlier than she has to.

Opinion

I think that Hillary is right here. If she does not do something drastic soon, then she may well be blown out of the race in the same way that Mitt Romney was. She started as the front-runner, and perhaps that was a difficult position to be in because of the expectations, but she has to regain that status. She does risk alienating people but it is a risk that she must take if she is to win the nomination and get beaten by John McCain.