Desperate Occasions Induce Diatribes & Back Peddling

Clinton Advisor Bill Shaheen: “It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you [Barack Obama] ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone? There are so many openings for Republican dirty tricks. It's hard to overcome.”

Clinton Spokeswoman Kathleen Strand: “Senator Clinton is out every day talking about the issues that matter to the American people. These comments were not authorized or condoned by the campaign in any way.”

Clinton Advisor Bill Shaheen: “I deeply regret the comments I made today and they were not authorized by the campaign in any way.”

Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe: “Hillary Clinton said attacking other Democrats is the fun part of this campaign, and now she's moved from Barack Obama's kindergarten years to his teenage years in an increasingly desperate effort to slow her slide in the polls. Senator Clinton's campaign is recycling old news that Barack Obama has been candid about in a book he wrote years ago, and he's talked about the lessons he's learned from these mistakes with young people all across the country. He plans on winning this campaign by focusing on the issues that actually matter to the American people.”