These two recent news items have no connection to each other whatsoever.
1. Sidney Blumenthal joins Hillary campaign
2. Losing ground In Iowa, Clinton assails Obama
Meanwhile, as reported here, the Clinton campaign attacks Obama for something he did at the age of six: "In kindergarten, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled I Want to Become President."
To quote someone at a recent candidates debate: "when somebody starts throwing mud at least we can hope it's accurate and not right out of the Republican playbook".
