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Dem Debaters Get Feisty

Policy talk devolves into bickering between Clinton, Obama

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2008 8:35 PM CST

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama drowned out policy talk in a South Carolina presidential debate tonight as they bickered over Ronald Reagan and what Obama called Clinton's "corporate" past, CNN reports. On economic policy, they wrangled over Senate votes as much as subprime bailout... Read full story »

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