After some bad press and a gleeful attack from the Obama campaign ("Why turn down the opportunity to hear from people excited about bringing change to Washington and new leadership to the White House? It is Barack Obama's birthday and he can't think of a better place to be," his spokeswoman said), Hillary Clinton is going to delay her flight to Long Island for a fundraiser and stay for part of tomorrow' breakout session.
This actually strikes me as a bad idea. Having decided to skip the event, it's hard to discern Hillary's upside in staying for half of it -- particularly given that she's leaving to attend a fundraiser. And the bad feelings that came from her original decision will result in an ever-more skeptical crowd. Indeed, my original assumption was that she was skipping town because the possible video of her getting booed tomorrow would've been rough for the campaign. This just appears to make that visual more likely. Given that likelihood, what're the odds that she takes a step towards Sister Souljaing the Kossacks and contrasts her tough answer with what her people will paint as Obama's panders?
