Obama goes negative after complaining about campaign negativity

Two days after Barack Obama complained about the negative turn that the Democratic presidential campaign has taken, the Illinois senator went negative on one of his rivals, John Edwards. He raised some valid issues regarding the Edwards effort, but the staff and supporters of the former North Carolina senator will view things much differently.

From AP:

Opening his latest presidential campaign swing through Iowa, Democrat Barack Obama singled out rival John Edwards for criticism, arguing that the former North Carolina senator doesn't have a track record to back up the sharply populist themes he sounds on the campaign trail.

"I've got a track record," Obama said. "I don't just talk the talk, I walk the walk. John does not have the same track record."

The Illinois senator and his aides also singled out a new television campaign they said is being launched on Edwards' behalf, accusing him of hypocrisy.

"John said yesterday, he didn't believe in these 527s. Those are these independent groups that raise money with no disclosure, nobody knows who is giving them. He said, 'I don't believe in them,'" said Obama. "We found out today there's a group buying three-quarters of a million dollars worth of television and the individual running the group used to be John Edwards' campaign manager."

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