Clinton, Obama Vow to Bury Race Debate
Is this over?
HP-Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama blamed aides and campaign surrogates Tuesday night for fueling a campaign controversy over race, jointly pledging on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. to put the matter behind them.
At a debate in which the two sparred almost cordially, Obama suggested Clinton had taken a page from President Bush’s political playbook with an earlier statement that the next president could expect to be tested quickly by terrorists.
“When Senator Clinton uses the specter of a terrorist attack with a new prime minister during a campaign, I think that is part and parcel with what we’ve seen, the use of the fear of terrorism in scoring political points, and I think that’s a mistake,” he said.
