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Though We May Be Through With the Past

By wt

The past isn't through with us.

No guarantees about what won't come up this fall during the presidential campaign.

[I]n a general election, no candidates get a pass on the past. They only think they do.

If John McCain gets the nomination, we are going to hear that he was turned into a ?Manchurian candidate? when he was a prisoner of war. If Obama wins the nomination, we are going to hear a lot more about Tony Rezko and the Exelon Corp. And if Clinton is the nominee, get ready for a reprise of Whitewater and her cattle future trading, to name just two.

In presidential politics, the past is not just prologue. It?s ammunition.

True, I suppose. But a Clinton nomination would probably bring out the opposition research to a greater degree than Obama. There's less history there, obviously, and fewer opportunities to do something questionable.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on February 14, 2008 (boomark / email).