As the conclusion to the races for party nominations draws closer, bare-knuckle boxing has ensued. Senator Barack Obama has taken his fight to the internet, creating a website called Hillary Attacks, which, as its name might suggest, serves the purpose of acknowledging, and then dismantling, oncoming barbs from Senator Hillary Clinton.

The new site leads with two quotes, one in which Clinton says on November 10 that she is “not interested in attacking my opponents, I’m interested in tackling the problems of America.” She is then quoted as having said in the New York Times, “’…well, now the fun part starts,’ Mrs. Clinton said, punctuating the word ‘fun.’” The quote refers to her declaration that she will increase the attacks on her opponents leading up to the Iowa caucuses.

Specialized websites are nothing new in the 2008 race. Clinton, for one, launched a site dedicated to responding to false rumors called The Fact Hub. Obama’s Hillary Attacks site leads to a similar spot called Fact Check.

But Obama’s new Hillary Attacks site has a more satirical feel than we’re accustomed to seeing from a presidential candidate. And how could it not? It is a decidedly different approach to handling an opponent’s verbal jabs. And in the political arena where the jabs occasionally verge on the absurd, how could a site serving the sole purpose of acknowledging a single opponent not take on a humorous slant? It’s a clever, if not risky, move on Obama’s part.

One particularly humorous series of quotes comes from a release by Clinton’s campaign saying, "Sen. Obama Rewrites History, Claims He Hasn't Been Planning White House Run...Senator Obama's comment today is fundamentally at odds with what his teachers, family, classmates and staff have said about his plans to run for President."

Scrolling further down the page, Clinton uses a kindergarten essay from Obama to support the claim that he is false in his assertion that he has not always coveted the White House: "In kindergarten, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled 'I Want to Become President.' Iis Darmawan, 63, Senator Obama's kindergarten teacher, remembers him as an exceptionally tall and curly haired child who quickly picked up the local language and had sharp math skills. He wrote an essay titled, 'I Want To Become President,' the teacher said."