Rep. Watt: "What I'm hearing is a lot of disappointment at the negativity" of the Clinton campaign

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http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/16/903248.aspx

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But Rep. Mel Watt was a bit less complimentary of his candidate's opponent, saying that he's heard considerable backlash against Clinton for her aggressive criticism of Obama's comments.

"What I'm hearing is a lot of disappointment at the negativity, and the jumping on this and taking the words out and trying to parse them, that the Clinton campaign has done,” Watt said. “And that could have some adverse impact on the Clinton campaign in North Carolina."

Watt, a former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus who managed African-American Harvey Gantt's failed Senate campaigns against Jesse Helms in 1990 and 1996, was also asked to comment on his one-time sentiment that the country was not ready to elect a black president. The Gantt-Helms contests were marked by a pronounced focus on racial politics. Now, Watt says, he thinks America has made "substantial progress" since then, even asserting that racial prejudice will be a "non-issue" in this election.

"I'm surprised, and pleasantly surprised, that Barack's campaign has continued to build momentum," he said. "This is a new day in America."

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1. K to go with my R. nt

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2. R to go with my K

LOL. Yeah, negativity isn't fundamentally appealing to anybody, not really.

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3. There it is

It is disappointing. A lot of us took a lot of personal abuse for supporting Bill CLinton all those years. For me, I thought it was the right thing to do. I thought there were bigger principles at stake.

It is so disappointing to see these two acting so miserably.

Others chose to become statesmen. They chose the opposite.

Sad.

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4. That "First Read" is getting some

news out, eh? Thank you Rep Mel Watt..who wouldn't be turned off by the clinton's campaign expcept for the m$$m and mccain?

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5. I'm very disappointed in how Clinton is conducting herself

I don't know why she feels this is an acceptable way to campaign against another Democrat, but it does say a lot about the type of person she is.