"I don't think any of these people oughta be asked to resign," he said. "All these guys that say bad things about any other campaign, they say, 'Should they resign?' My answer is no; they're repeating party line. They oughta stay right where they are. Let's just saddle up and have an argument. What's the matter with that? That's what America's about, right?"For the most part, I agree with this. I think there is a certain degree of control a campaign needs to exert over its surrogates as far as staying on message. Barack Obama has painted himself into a bit of a corner with that, pledging to run the cleanest of campaigns, leaving him unable to respond in kind to Hillary Clinton's "Tonya Harding strategy." But it's completely ludicrous that someone as intelligent and talented as Samantha Power should have to resign over one word. Unfortunately that's what message consistency demands in his campaign. People need to understand that a campaign is a group of people, many of whom disagree with each other on various points of interest, but who are supporting a candidate who is ultimately the one who's going to be making the decisions if and when he or she assumes office. All of this mindless calling for resignations is just silly. So thank you, Bill Clinton, for saying that.
Then there was that second TPMEC post I mentioned, which immediately followed the one with Bill Clinton saying that surrogates should be able to speak their mind:
This level of self-contradiction reminds me of another administration in recent memory. Sigh...In Letter, Top Clinton Donors Chastise Pelosi For Statements About Super-Delegates
Twenty top Hillary fundraisers and donors have sent a scathing private letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, chastising her for publicly saying that the super-delegates should support the winner of the pledged delegate count and demanding that she say that they should make an "independent" choice.
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