tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/8/2008
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Former Obama adviser Steve Hildebrand, who touched off an explosion with his HuffPo piece arguing that "the left" should hold its fire and let Obama do his thing, says he doesn't regret a word of the piece, though he did make a key concession to critics.
"I don't regret any of it," ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/7/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Five short weeks ago, Barack Obama won a
decisive victory against John McCain - winning 365 electoral...
votes to McCain's 162 and winning the popular vote by 9 million - the largest popular vote margin since.... After a strategy of expanding the ...
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Steve Hildebrand: A Message to Obama's Progressive Critics
firedoglake.com - 12/8/2008
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firedoglake.com —
by Rachel Tapley Steve Hildebrand writes a hectoring,
finger wagging post aimed at Obama's liberal critics: This...
is not a time for the left wing of our Party to draw conclusions about the Cabinet and White House appointments that ...
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Obama Deputy Steve Hildebrand: Liberals Need To STFU
dailykos.com - 12/9/2008
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dailykos.com —
Steve Hildebrand, the Deputy Campaign Manager of Obama
for America over the past two years, has decided...
to drop by and spend some time with the unwashed masses of the blogosphere. We know this because he's written a heavily trafficked piece at ...
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Steve Hildebrand: "SYFPH".
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No Regrets
Talking Points Memo —
... Obama deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand talks to TPM Election Central about the big reaction to his Huffington Post column calling on the left to hold its fire on Obama's cabinet picks. ...
Remainders: Left out
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Moynihan's advice for Hillary Clinton applies to Caroline Kennedy.
Fran Drescher is in.
Speculation over Obama's seat has reached circus proportions.
Peter Daou says the newly massive online commentariat is driving discussion.
Obama's win could be a boon for the Florida Gators.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the GOP can rise again if it pushes for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.
Hildebrand, of course, speaks only for himself.
Fernholz interprets. ...
Feigned Disbelief and Political Theatre
Comments from Left Field —
Steve Hildebrand responds to critics in an interview with Greg Sargent:
“I don’t regret any of it,” Hildebrand told me when I asked him a few minutes ago by phone whether he regretted the tone of his piece, which many found condescending and finger-wagging.
“My intent was exactly what I wrote,” Hildebrand said, adding that the criticism had “surprised” him.
Hildebrand also confirmed that the Obama team had had no hand in writing or approving the piece. “This was ...
12/9: Scandalous!
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... by Hildebrand's piece, calling it patronizing and counterproductive. Hildebrand later told TPM that "the Obama team had had no hand in writing or approving the piece" , which is probably a good thing for Obama. If the Obama admin wants to do effective outreach to the liberal blogosphere, it's going to have to do a whole lot better than this. BLAGOJEVICH: What A Scumbag Liberal bloggers are amazed by Blagojevich's corruption: ...
Andrew Sargus Klein: Running on Fumes
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... left."
There are over 2,000 comments on that post, the majority of which criticize Hildebrand for oversimplifying the issue and bloviating mountains out of molehills. The liberal blogosphere is a bit more flexible when it comes to criticizing it's own party, and everyone is still running high on campaign fumes -- enough to keep the buzz going till Inauguration, and from there into oblivion.
In an interview with Greg Sargent of Talking Points Memo, Hildebrand defended himself:
"Hildebrand also denied that his framing ...
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