By MAGGIE HABERMAN
Last Updated: 2:06 PM, January 9, 2010
Posted: 2:03 PM, January 9, 2010
Sen. Charles Schumer jammed a knife in Hillary Rodham Clintons back in the lead up to the 2008 presidential primaries -- actively recruiting Barack Obama to run as an alternative to her even though hed publicly declared his support for his home-state colleague, an explosive new book reveals.
And Clinton had no idea that Schumer and her other Senate colleagues were actively plotting her downfall -- learning months later, when it hit her like a ton of bricks, according to Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, an inside dish on the 2008 race by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.
Schumer and Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid were part of a band of senators who thought Clinton would spell trouble for the Democratic ticket if she were the nominee at a time when they were frantic to reclaim the White House from the GOP, the book reveals. Schumer's office didn't respond to e-mails for comments on Saturday.
Other juicy revelations in the book include a private conversation Reid had about Obama's racial appeal.
Reid said he was neutral in the presidential race, but according to Game Change, he privately said the country was ready for a black presidential candidate, especially a "light-skinned" African American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
In a statement released Saturday, Reid said, "I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments."
If they'd lie to each other why would you think they wouldn't lie to you?
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