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Obama: Let's campaign, not have more debates
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday suggested he doesn't see any point in having another debate with Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Clinton has agreed to a debate next week, but Obama has not yet accepted the invitation.
At an appearance in Raleigh, North Carolina, Obama said he has a lot of campaigning to do in a limited amount of time.
Obama said he had agreed to an earlier debate, but Clinton declined that one.
"I'll be honest with you, we've now had 21," he said. "It's not as if we don't know how to do these things. I could deliver Sen. Clinton's lines; she could, I'm sure, deliver mine."
Obamasaid he has to look at his schedule, considering the upcoming primaries.
The two Democrats went head-to-head in a debate Wednesday night on ABC. VideoWatch Obama note how long it took to get to the debate issues »
During the first part of that debate, the candidates largely rehashed the controversies that have marked their last six weeks on the campaign trail.
Much of the fire was leveled at Obama, who once again answered questions about controversial statements by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and his own comments that some rural Pennsylvanians are "bitter."
Obama said it took too long for them to address anything substantial.
"Last night we set a new record because it took us 45 minutes before we even started talking -- until we started talking about a single issue that matters to the American people," he said.
"Now I don't blame Washington for this, that's just how Washington is. ... They like stirring up controversy, they like playing 'gotcha' games. ... I will say Sen. Clinton looked in her element."
Clinton hasn't commented on the debate.
Much More (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/17/campaign.wrap/?iref=hpmostpop#cnnSTCText)
"no more debates. I will concentrate on sermonizing to my Obamazombies." how brave :whatever:
"it took us 45 minutes before we even started talking -- until we started talking about a single issue" is just a meaningless statement. it isn't worth listening to you two blather about the issues, because there is basically ZERO difference between the two of you on the issues.
and hey, Barack, if you can't handle hillary in a debate (for heaven'sake), then you won't last 10 seconds in Washington, DC. and you certainly can't handle al quada. and they play softball compared to the entrenched bureaucracies that will be waiting for you. personality, my dear sir, may well win you the office, but it won't prevent you from becoming the biggest failure in the history of US presidents.
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Coward.....that will play well here in fly-over country.
doc
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Yes, it's best to go out on a losing note.
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Yes, it's best to go out on a losing note.
In related news, Steve McNair retired from football this week. He couldn't win when the chips were on the line, either.