Planting Questions is a Regular Clinton Campaign Tactic

After the first episode of planted questions at a Clinton campaign event came to light, suddenly there's a second example that's popped up from Major Garrett at Fox News:

In a telephone interview with Fox, Geoffrey Mitchell, 32, says he was approached by an operative for the Clinton campaign to ask a planted question about standing up to President Bush on Iraq war funding. The encounter happened before an event on a farm outside Fort Madison, Iowa. The Clinton event was hosted by Iowa State Sen. Gene Fraise.

Mitchell tells Fox that Clinton campaign worker Chris Hayler approached him and asked him to ask Sen. Clinton a question about how she was standing up to President Bush on the question of funding the Iraq war and a troop withdrawal timeline.

Mitchell told Fox the Clinton campaign wanted to contrast Clinton to Sen Barack Obama, who had recently said the president would probably prevail in the Iraq funding battle with Congress.

Mitchell said he refused to ask the question.

“I told Chris I had other issues I wanted to raise with Sen. CLinton,” Mitchell said. Asked what those were, Mitchell said: “I wanted to ask her why she voted for the Iraq war and why she didn’t consider that a mistake.”

Mitchell told Fox that Hayler, the Clinton campaign worker, was unhappy and moved on to others. “I know he tried to have others ask that question,” Mitchell said.

Ultimately, Mitchell said Clinton took no questions at the event.

We may be witnessing the complete implosion of the Clinton campaign. Iowa voters (and probably others in other states) are not going to appreciate the degree of control the Clinton campaign is exerting to ensure their candidate gets only the questions they want. We already saw what happens when she gets pinned down a bit like she did in the debate, and her performance was a disaster.

Watch for her Iowa poll numbers to drop.