Obama Recruits Team To Fight Web Smears

by Cliff Schecter

They are leaving no stone unturned it would seem. Sadly, this is some of the blowback of our brave new world. But it is smart for the Obama team to not take this stuff sitting down:

Barack Obama is recruiting senior staff to a new unit which will combat virulent rumour campaigns on the internet that threaten to cost him votes in the presidential election against John McCain.

The unit is part of a huge expansion of Obama's campaign team as he shifts from the Democratic nomination race to the campaign for November's election.

These kinds of rumors helped play a role both in the demise of John McCain's Campaign in 2000 and John Kerry's campaign in 2004--so this is a very wise strategic decision, in my ever so humble opinion.