Bill Clinton Retreats From Hillary’s Feud With Obama

Published: August 3, 2007, 11:53 pm

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By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann The clearest indication that Hillary's direct and personal attack on Obama last week was a failure is the fact that Bill sounded the retreat in his speech this week at the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). Mrs. Clinton pounced on Obama, calling him "naive" and "irresponsible" for saying he'd meet with leaders of rogue nations personally. It was the first time Hillary has criticized Obama in person and by name. Her strategist, Mark Penn, described her attack as "part of an unfolding strategy." But at the DLC, Bill Clinton said he was not going to get into the middle of "that little spat" and obfuscated the differences between Hillary and Obama by saying the candidates all agreed on the big picture. “We have to get back to more diplomacy,” Clinton said. “I’ve heard no fewer than four of our candidates say in the last month … that in the middle of the cold war, in the

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