Obama Accuses Clinton of Deception

Well, it looks like Bill Bradley was singing out of the songbook, not just out on his own yesterday. From the WaPo today.

Eager to shift the narrative after a difficult week, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign sharply criticized the tactics of his rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, charging her campaign with attempting "to deceive the American people just so that they can win this election."

Here's somebody reprinting the campaign "memo" that this came from. This "deceive the American people" line officially comes in relation/response to the Clinton's attempts to shift Obama's Iraq war position, but it's clearly intended to be more broad.

Overall, this deception/lying angle is an interesting line of attack. You would think that the Clinton camp would explode at this, but if they do, much like the recent "experience" charges, they open themselves up to a media examination of if and where they have (ever?) lied.

Tactically, this is pretty smart dirty attacking, but it's definitely a fine line for the Obama folks to tread.