Will Clinton and Obama Wear Boxing Shorts Tonight?

01-30-2008

First of all, let me make this very clear. I have no desire to see Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in boxing shorts. I think they should both keep to long pants. Yet as I get ready to cover tonight's debate here at the Kodak Theatre, you can't help but wonder what sort of verbal fisticuffs we are in store for.

You remember last time where Rezko and Corporate Wal-Mart zingers were flying all around and Ronald Reagan's name was toxic? Well, things haven't gotten any calmer since that debate. As a matter of fact, the stakes are even higher. This nomination contest is going to go on for awhile but since this is the last debate before February 5th, the stakes are enormous.

Here's a question. How much will Obama bring up Ted Kennedy's endorsement? Hillary will bring out the experience line and is that when Obama lowers the Kennedy boom? It seems to me both Clinton and Obama have to be very careful Thursday night. They need to be aggressive and make their points and to some degree call the other out. But Obama has to make sure she doesn't get him off his game to where he isn't able to deliver his salient points. Clinton has to make sure she attacks Obama without it looking petty and preachy and most of all mean spirited. After all, she and husband Bill took some major hits for what went down in South Carolina. A repeat performance where Obama seems the victim is not what she needs.

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