If Democrats adhered to an 11th Commandment, would Hillary Clinton would be guilty of violating it in her recent attacks on Barack Obama? Paul Waldman argues that it is the target of the Clintons' attacks that arouses progressives' unease:
Let's step back from these particular disputes and look at the big picture. We shouldn't forget that this has always been one of the things that partisan Democrats liked about the Clintons. They took hits, and hit right back. No matter how bleak things looked, no matter how much it seemed that Newt Gingrich or Ken Starr was going to defeat them, they never gave up and never stopped fighting. They weren't afraid to get their hands dirty, and they did what it took to win.The difference is that in the past, Republicans were the target, and now it's not just a fellow Democrat but one about whom nearly all Democrats have good feelings, even those supporting other candidates. The Obama campaign obviously decided that the steady stream of falsehoods from both Bill and Hillary was having an effect, or they wouldn't have tried to staunch the flow by calling attention to it.
Read and consider the ethical dilemma here. --The Editors
