Yesterday Yesterday Ezra wondered why people weren't talking more about Barack Obama's seeming aversion to taking questions, whether at his rallies or by agreeing to more debates. Today the Clinton campaign jumps on him with the same criticism. In a new attack ad airing in Wisconsin, a narrator says over anxiety-producing music, "Maybe he'd prefer to give speeches than have to answer questions -- like why Hilary Clinton has the only health care plan that covers every American, and the only economic plan that freezes foreclosures."
The latest polls show Obama pulling ahead in Wisconsin by between 4 and 10 points. Will this ad hurt him? Refusing to debate here in the Beltway region didn't affect him at all.
--Dana Goldstein
