Wikileaks: Clinton Workers Polled Voters On Obama Ties To Drugs, Islam In 2008
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Newly released Hillary Clinton campaign emails show that her 2008 campaign may have been digging for dirt on then Sen. Barack Obama, who was her primary opponent.
Just days after Obama won the 2008 Iowa caucus, top Clinton allies discussed a poll testing negative facts about him, including his cocaine use, the fact that his father was a Muslim and that he grew up among Muslims.
Those who drafted the survey now say they were testing Obama's vulnerabilities in case they needed to defend him later.
The questionnaire did also ask about Clinton's negatives, including that she makes decisions based on polls, not principles.
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