Also, they didn’t though mention the most important part of that section. That particular section begins with Obama responding to a question about his use of his friends words in one of his speeches. He uses that question as a springboard to bring up one of his policy items very deftly. The floor is then passed to Hillary, and she makes her comment.

If you watch Hillary’s face as Obama begins responding she seems very pleased with herself. Almost like a smirk. And why not? He just walked into a trap that she was well prepared to use to her advantage. But as he shifts the question her smile fades, as if she realizes that he won’t end with something she can pounce on right away. He closes with the line “we shouldn’t be spending time tearing each other down, we should be lifting the country up”. Not exactly something you want to respond to with an attack. But still the topic of plagiarism was too good for her to pass up, and she had a great line prepped.

So she went for it. She wasn’t nearly as confident as she started speaking as she had been when Obama began responding to the question.

And then she gets booed. Because regardless of the facts behind the matter, what the attendees saw was Obama step above personal attacks, followed by Hillary making one.

The boos were not for the line (which was fairly good), but for her timing.

I’m interested in your comments after seeing it. If you missed it, the relevant part is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHkcyxIqpvk

I’ll be checking back to see what you thought.