Will Clinton Go Super-Negative in the Debate Tonight?

    There is another Democratic debate tonight and Clinton partisans are undoubtedly hoping it marks the beginning of her comeback. There's some anticipation that she will go super-negative on Obama but the feeling here is that would be a mistake. She's already been pretty negative and dour and none of it appears to be sticking so far.
    She'd be better off doing what Walter Mondale did in 1984, when he debated Gary Hart, seeking a comeback. If she wants to go on the attack, do it humorously; Mondale endeared himself to audiences by asking Hart, "Where's the beef" -- repeating the line from a well-known and popular funny Wendy's commercial at the time.
    The other alternative is to borrow from the Reagan comeback against Gerald Ford in 1976 and find a new dividing issue and keep pounding it. (In Reagan's case, it was the "giveaway" of the Panama Canal.) Without key issue differences, she can't win, since Obama clearly has the more winning personality and leadership style. Her argument about experience is getting her absolutely nowhere.