Obama, Clinton Call for End to Bitter Squabble

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Posted by Hissyspit on Tue Jan-15-08 03:25 PM

Source: CNN

Obama, Clinton call for end to bitter squabble

(CNN) -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both called for an end to a bitter fight in a racially charged debate that has roiled the Democratic presidential contest over the last few days.

Sen. Barack Obama says, "We're all Democrats, we all believe in civil rights." At a news conference Monday in Reno, Nevada, Obama said that he is "concerned about the tenor the campaign has taken in the last couple days. I think that I may disagree with Sen. Clinton or Sen. Edwards on how to get things done, but we share the same goals. We're all Democrats, we all believe in civil rights, we all believe in equal rights," said the senator from Illinois.

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Obama also warned his supporters to play fair. "If I hear my own supporters engaging in talk that I think is ungenerous or misleading or in some way is unfair, then I will speak out forcefully against them, and I hope the other campaigns take the same approach," he said.

After Obama's statement, Clinton released her own remarks, saying the heated rhetoric "I know does not reflect what is in our hearts."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/15/obama.clinton/index.html