He's a pol. A good pol, but a politician. HRC is also a politician, but there's a paper trail. Ipso facto, I support HRC.

when they started urging the Media to look into Bill Clinton's romantic life

what's gotten me is why anyone would think that "new politics" would matter? No one is really complaining about the "old politics". Sure they mouth stuff and tut-tut, but for a generation the electorate's been lapping up republican bile thrown at Democrats...buying easily refuted republican lies and disingenuous smears for anyone caring even slightly. And yet republicans kept on getting elected and no one cared about their nasty politics or that their policies eviscerated the average American's life style and opportunity.

his campaign staff has consistently urged reporters to write negative stories about Clinton and sent releases about things like her "legacy of misleading voters."

This is a tension that we have at this stage in the campaign. Once Senator Clinton employed what her own staff called her kitchen sink strategy

Okay back on topic.  I just despise how the media has fawned all over Obama (he can do no wrong) and Hillary (who can do nothing right).  She has truly got the raw end of the deal.  They accuse Hillary of doing things that the Obama campaign has done to her.  I'm very sad to see her being treated this way.

I've always been lukewarm about the Clinton's but did feel that Pres. Clinton was a good president and was wrong to be impeached.

That being said, I just don't understand the vile hatred of her in the media.

I myself am rooting for Hillary to stay in the race and not for ulterior motives either.  I guess it's just the woman in me coming out.  Personally my choice for president is McCain but if he can't be president I can live with another Clinton presidency.  I feel Hillary would make a very good president.

I hope I wasn't getting off topic too much.  My apologies if so.

"When your staff saw the need to do that, did you personally say, go ahead?" I asked.
Obama shook his head and waved his hand. "Look, I think that national politics, as a I was aware of, and discovered even more, can be a contact sport. We've definitely been absorbing a lot more blows than we've been giving. We've shown great restraint during the course of this campaign. So much so that as you will recall, there were constant cries from columnists and pundits all across the country suggesting that, you know, I might be too nice to be able to win this. So we try to strike that balance. My criteria is making sure that whatever it is that say is truthful and honest and is related to policy."