Obama, Clinton Strike Genial Debate Tone

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Source: Associated Press

Obama, Clinton Strike Genial Debate Tone
2008-01-31 21:16:49
By TOM RAUM and NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press Writers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off their final debate before Super Tuesday contests on a cordial note, and reached out to backers of former rival John Edwards in their scrappy chase for delegates.

Obama called Edwards "a voice for this party and this country for many years to come." Clinton saluted both Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, as setting "their personal example of courage and leadership" in their advocacy for the poor.

Facing only each other in a debate for the first time, both candidates acknowledged policy differences but also sought to ratchet back what had become increasingly personal attacks.

"I was friends with Hillary Clinton before we started this campaign. I will be friends with Hillary Clinton after this campaign is over," Obama said the day his campaign reported raising a staggering $32 million in January, cash aplenty to advertise all through the expensive Super Tuesday states, with its nearly two dozen contests, and beyond.

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1. My brother watched this and was very favorably impressed

My brother watched this and was very favorably impressed, especially by Clinton. He thinks a Clinton/Obama ticket would be the ideal combination of what's left of the field, and I tend to agree.