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Dems Take Aim at Big Business

Obama and Clinton turn up the heat heading into Wisconsin, Ohio primaries

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Feb 16, 2008 1:07 PM CST
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(Newser) – Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, heading into primaries in states struggling with joblessness and the mortgage crisis, are sharpening their attacks on big business, the Wall Street Journal reports. Both are lambasting oil companies, corporate tax cuts, and health insurers. Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary will be a test of which candidate has gained the populist high ground once held by John Edwards. A bigger test comes March 4 in Ohio.

"The oil companies, the drug companies, have had seven years of a president who stands up for them," said Clinton. "It's time we had a president who stands up for all of you." Obama, meanwhile, has earned the endorsement of the politically powerful Service Employees International Union and has turned NAFTA—enacted during President Clinton’s administration and a bane to unions—into political gold.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about the withdrawal of John Edwards from the Democratic presidential race, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, during a news conference at North Little Rock High School in North Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about the withdrawal of John Edwards from the Democratic presidential race, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, during a news conference at North Little Rock High School...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barack Obama stand together before a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles in this Jan. 31, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barack Obama stand together before a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles in this Jan. 31, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)   (Associated Press)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, gestures for time as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., responds to a question during a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, gestures for time as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., responds to a question during a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.   (Associated Press)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., applauds the crowd before delivering a campaign speech i8n Denver, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., applauds the crowd before delivering a campaign speech i8n Denver, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
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