Hillary Clinton Called Obama To Say She Wasn't Trying To Attack Him

[karynnj]

77. Who's disagreements are honest?

Clinton's to Obama's,

Many Duers to Clinton ( and to Obama in some cases),

Or both?

I think the reaction to Clinton's interview is honest -

The reasons range from:
- surprise in some cases that she was so consistently more hawkish than Obama (This would reflect that many Democrats really were not thinking of issues as much as their own history with HRC - from First Lady to nearly Presidential nominee to Secretary of State. Among Democrats, I suspect that the % thinking Obama to have intervened more than they wanted is greater than those who wanted him to be more hawkish. Now there might be a dissidence between them supporting Clinton and their own views.)

- Surprise at the timing. There are election in three months, is this the time to raise these differences? What compelling reason is there to do this now rather than in 3 months?

- Disloyalty. Imagine the reaction of a President Clinton - either one - to someone they gave a high position to who then disagrees with them. Governor Richardson, anyone? Personally, I disagreed with the attacks on Richardson that he "owed" the Clintons anything other than respect. These comments are not personal - so I don't see them as lacking respect for Obama. However, using the CLINTON standards of what they expected from others, Hillary is not being a loyal former Secretary of State.