In an exclusive interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts to air Monday on "Good Morning America," Obama, D-Ill., directly engages Bill Clinton on a series of issues.
"You know the former president, who I think all of us have a lot of regard for, has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling," Obama said. "He continues to make statements that are not supported by the facts -- whether it's about my record of opposition to the war in Iraq or our approach to organizing in Las Vegas.
"This has become a habit, and one of the things that we're going to have to do is to directly confront Bill Clinton when he's making statements that are not factually accurate," Obama said.
Should be a fun interview, and maybe in going after the Big Dog (and that can be read in the best and worst sense) Barack will suddenly up his name recognition and visibility -- what I continue to believe are the key advantages of his leading competitor.
Prepare for the nasty Clinton blowback as well. One can only hope Bill's hubris will keep him from learning from this -- making him the issue is a great way for Obama to score without looking like he's "beating" ungallantly on Hillary.
I believe there are lots of Democrats who, no matter how happy they were with the Bill Clinton Presidency, have a festering sore over how, due to his over-obvious selfishness, he left us after with...nothing.
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