Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News is getting a lot of attention for his column today comparing Hillary Clinton to Howard Dean . Needless to say, the column caught my attention when I realized Goodwin uses two identical techniques found in my article on Clinton last week.

Like me, Goodwin rolls a Clinton quote under the guise of it coming from someone more like Dean:

Oops. Beg pardon. That wasn't Howard Dean. That was Sen. Hillary Clinton, speaking at a Democratic dinner in Minnesota in April.

My exact wording was:

You could be forgiven for mistakenly thinking the missive was again fired by Dean. The tone and even the word choice fall right in line with material issued from Democratic headquarters in recent months. But the passage actually came from Hillary Clinton speaking at the same fundraiser.

Goodwin also follows my point on Hillary’s aesthetic realignment:

Clinton has gone out of her way to emphasize more centrist values. She has quoted from the Bible, calls herself a "praying person" and has urged "common ground" on abortion. She appeared with Newt Gingrich, a darling of the right, to discuss health care.

Whereas my article read:

There are two Clintons campaigning these days and they are both named Hillary. The Hillary you’ve been hearing a lot of lately is putting on a moderate face — expressing reservations about abortion, appearing at events with Newt Gingrich and being a strong supporter of the war in Iraq.