Et tu, Hillary?

In all the Obama mania of the past few days, one of my readers wrote and inquired why I wasn't writing about Hillary's wife-beater supporter. I told him I wasn't familiar with the story, but would look into it. I'm not 100% sure that this is the same as Obama's guy out in Nevada, but far be it for me to be called a shill for Hillary, so I'll pose the question to you. Is this the same thing?

July 5, 2007, Hillary press release:

Hillary Clinton today received the endorsement of a trio of dynamic elected leaders from Southern Nevada communities -- Ricki Barlow, Councilman, City of Las Vegas; Dennis Keating, President, Nye County School District Board of Trustees; and Stephanie Smith, Councilwoman, City of North Las Vegas.

And we learn this about Ricki Barlow from the Las Vegas Sun:

Barlow also has drawn criticism over a domestic violence arrest in 1998 for allegedly assaulting his wife, Vanessa Garbutt-Barlow. The couple has since divorced.

As part of a plea agreement, Barlow pleaded guilty, according to court records. The charge was later dismissed after Barlow completed impulse control treatment and community service.

Barlow, though, maintains his innocence and says he has never hit any woman, including his former wife.

He has called the accusations against him smear tactics.

Here is the story about Obama's supporter.

In 2004, Mayweather was convicted on two counts of battery for punching two women at a Las Vegas nightclub the previous year. He was given suspended prison sentences, $1,000 in fines and ordered to complete impulse control counseling.

Mayweather in 2002 pleaded guilty to two counts of domestic violence in one case and battery in another. In 2005, a jury acquitted him of a third domestic violence charge, a felony, after his accuser changed her story. He reportedly was convicted of battery in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich., and he has also been the subject of civil lawsuits accusing him of battery.

Are they same? Do both deserve the same level of outrage? I'm curious particularly what the women readers think, or those of you more familiar with the domestic violence issue.