Barack Obama, D-Illinois, said this about the attacks coming his way from Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY: "You challenge the status quo and suddenly the claws come out," Obama said. The CLAWS come out? Really? Then yesterday Obama told reporters who had asked about Clinton's latest attack ad, "I understand that Senator Clinton, periodically when she's feeling down, launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal." ...over at MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell and Norah O'Donnell seemed to suggest Obama may have been -- if not playing the gender card, then using language women voters might find offensive. Language such...