At a stop in Monaca, Pa., Barack Obama seemed to distance himself from his campaign's first, harshly critical response to the Palin pick.
"I think that, uh, you know campaigns start getting these uh, hair triggers and, uh, the statement that Joe and I put out reflects our sentiments," he said, according to the pool report, apparently criticizing his staff for going overboard, as he did occasionally in the primary.
Obama says he's not running a negative campaign, but apparently his campaign is on a hair-trigger to go negative, viciously springing to action at the selection of Governor Palin as the VP nominee. Yet Senator Obama does not walk away from the attack either, much like he refused to walk back his statements about small town Americans clinging to their guns, like he's refused to walk away from his misguided opposition to the surge, like he still refuses to acknowledge his terrible judgment in associating with an unrepentant terrorist in William Ayers.
And if Senator Obama can't control his own staff during a campaign, perhaps he shouldn't be so quick to belittle Governor Palin's executive experience.
"I think that, uh, you know campaigns start getting these uh, hair triggers and, uh, the statement that Joe and I put out reflects our sentiments," he said, according to the pool report, apparently criticizing his staff for going overboard, as he did occasionally in the primary.
Obama says he's not running a negative campaign, but apparently his campaign is on a hair-trigger to go negative, viciously springing to action at the selection of Governor Palin as the VP nominee. Yet Senator Obama does not walk away from the attack either, much like he refused to walk back his statements about small town Americans clinging to their guns, like he's refused to walk away from his misguided opposition to the surge, like he still refuses to acknowledge his terrible judgment in associating with an unrepentant terrorist in William Ayers.
And if Senator Obama can't control his own staff during a campaign, perhaps he shouldn't be so quick to belittle Governor Palin's executive experience.
