Dangerous Games, Pt 2

FILE - This July 23, 2014, file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she speaks at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) in Oakland, Calif. The Associated Press has tracked... FILE - This July 23, 2014, file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she speaks at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) in Oakland, Calif. The Associated Press has tracked the movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates including Clinton. (AP Photo) MORE LESS
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Last night I noted the perilous game Hillary Clinton was playing, attempting to put distance between herself and President Obama’s foreign policy at a time when his foreign policy is under attack. Now David Axelrod is swiping back about Clinton’s Iraq War vote in 2002.

I’m not interested in litigating the ins and outs of this. But suffice to say that this is an example that once you starting seeding these memes you are not in control of where they go.

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