Barack Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe has a "strategy memo" reprinted over at RealClearPolitics. Releasing these "memos" is a commonplace tactic in the current primary contest, allowing campaigns to say rude things about their opponents, without comeback. Hence, Plouffe writes:
Senator Clinton has been ducking and dodging tough questions at rapid pace lately, evading clear answers on driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, Social Security's future and diplomacy with Iran.... Perhaps, this kind of political calculation works in textbook Washington politics, but it is why the American people are not optimistic that there can be a fundamental shift in our politics that will have a positive impact on their lives.
If you want more analysis, over on his blog the excellent Marc Ambinder fisks Plouffe's memo.
