You know the vaunted Clinton private detective squad garnered the truth about Baraq.
The problem was that the Chicago mob used their info on Arkancides for mutually assured destruction.
It had to be something along those lines. Obama humiliated B. Clinton—actually cast him in a racist light—& Clinton just had to take it. Obama was nasty to Hillary too—hence the pro-Hillary cougar group, that has never embraced Obama despite their being Dems.
Speaking of race, that was the other issue the Clintons faced. Any false move toward Obama would have sealed their doom in perpetuity. I.e.: yes, blacks were already in favor of Obama in ‘08. But if B. Clinton or his wife, or even their surrogates, had come down too hard on Obama they would have been portrayed as racist White Privilegers for bleeding ever. They’d have been finished, politically speaking.
If you don’t recall the Pfleger performance, give it a fresh watch. It’s quite short. It’s also probably far, far more hateful & devastating than you recall. I had a black friend back in that time, whom I knew from church. She seemed like a very nice person, & she was close to me. But she could recite every single word of the Pfleger diatribe, & she had the inflections down to a fine art. Anyone who doesn’t think this type of smack down ruined Clinton’s chances just doesn’t know the power of hate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAfy5PFJwcg