Christopher Orr with The New Republic points out that once again The Washington Post editorial page is dipping into the tactics of tacky tabloids in attacking Hillary:
The lead editorial in the paper today is titled "Sen. Clinton's Bundles: Who are the big-money fundraisers underwriting her campaign?" It begins by describing a recent large-donor event and asking "What are the candidate's plans to release the names of her big bundlers?...
A fair enough question. The editorial then proceeds to note that both Barack Obama and John McCain have promised to release the names of their big bundlers, before continuing, "Mr. Edwards won't say anything except that he'll abide by the law"--which presumably means he won't release the names of his bundlers...
So let's get this straight: According to the editorial, of the six candidates they've asked about bundlers, three have declined to respond and one has basically said that he's not planning to release the names. Yet the headline, subhed, and entire first half of the editorial focus exclusively on Clinton, conjuring images of the nefarious, big-money puppeteers secretly underwriting her campaign. By contrast, her co-malefactors--Romney, Giuliani, and Edwards--between them get a couple of sentences farther down.
I'm glad Orr is willing to set the opinion makers straight in their selective contempt for 2008 campaigns. Too bad this is sure to be the first of many cheap swipes at the Clinton camp.