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McCain forces Obama, Clinton to readjust campaigns
John McCain's emergence as the probable Republican presidential nominee is reshaping the Democratic contest, prompting Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to cast themselves as best-suited to defeat him, and focusing their debate on issues they figure will play specifically to his strengths and weaknesses.In virtually identical language to separate crowds Saturday in Maine, Clinton and Obama urged Democrats to think carefully about which of them is more likely to vanquish McCain in the fall. They drew opposite conclusions, of course. But they left no doubt that McCain is forcing them to recalibrate their pitches to primary voters. The two reminded Democrats about McCain again Saturday night in separate speeches to a party fundraising dinner in Richmond, Va. Obama, fresh off a three-state sweep of Nebraska, Washington state and Louisiana, said McCain decided to "embrace the failed policies of George Bush's Washington." Posted by: Fred 2008-02-11 |
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