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Clinton Ads Fire Up Gas Clash

Posted May 2, 08 8:05 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Congress killed hopes of a “gas tax holiday,” but that won't stop Hillary Clinton from running on it. Her camp issued its second Indiana TV ad today blasting Barack Obama’s opposition to the measure, Talking Points Memo reports. Obama responded to her first ad by saying the holiday would save Indiana residents "only pennies a day," the AP reports.

Clinton counters that it would save Indiana voters $8 billion, but Obama's not buying it. "It's a Shell game. Literally," he said to voters at a campaign stop. Polls show Clinton running close in Indiana and gaining ground in North Carolina, where she is stumping today and tomorrow before hitting Indiana for Tuesday's primary.

Sources Talking Points Memo, Associated Press

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Hillary in Indianapolis.   (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks to the media about gas prices at a gas station in South Bend, Ind.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., listens as he sits at the Sunrise Cafe in South Bend, Ind.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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