The Big Dog Makes A Mess

So people have asked me about this bit from Halperin's book, Game Change, about Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy, and why Teddy was so mad at the Big Dog.

[A]s Hillary bungled Caroline, Bill’s handling of Ted was even worse. The day after Iowa, he phoned Kennedy and pressed for an endorsement, making the case for his wife. But Bill then went on, belittling Obama in a manner that deeply offended Kennedy. Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.

Coffee.  Yeah.  Screw that, Bill.

As BooMan points out, this has been a pattern from the Clinton camp.

Mostly I supported Obama because his foreign policy was better than Hillary's (and then he turned around and made her SecState.)  But part of it was that the Clintons had zero problem playing the race or gender card when they got desperate.

The Hillary 2012 people still are.