Tarc's Journal - The "OMG TEH CLINTONS ARE GOING AFTER PLEDGED DELEGATES!!!" story has now been torpedoed

Clinton Spokesperson Rules Out Pursuit Of Obama's Pledged Delegates

Hillary spokesperson Phil Singer is adamantly denying a report this morning in The Politico quoting an anonymous campaign official suggesting that the Clinton campaign will pursue Obama's pledged delegates. Singer sends me this:

We have not, are not and will not pursue the pledged delegates of Barack Obama. It's now time for the Obama campaign to be clear about their intentions.

It's worth noting that the Politico story quotes a Clinton official predicting that both campaigns will pursue the pledged dels. The Obama camp has not yet put out a statement on whether they'll pursue Hillary's pledged dels, though they very likely will soon.

More in a bit.

Late Update: The Obama campaign has ruled out this tactic, too. Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor sends me this:

"We would absolutely not use these sorts of tactics. Senator Obama is focused on winning contests and earning the support of pledged delegates."

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See, this is the vital difference between Clinton supporters' outrage over Obama missteps (i.e plagiarism), and Obama supporters' outrage over Clinton mishaps (i.e. this story); the former is at least based on actual events, while the latter is based on supposition, innuendo, and rumor.