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Congressman Clyburn Had to Tell Clinton to Watch His Words About Obama
(CNN) -- The bitter back-and-forth between former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama has led a prominent black lawmaker to tell the former president Monday to "chill a little bit."
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As their campaign sparring continues, the Illinois senator seems to be spending almost as much time responding to Hillary Clinton's husband as he does to the candidate herself.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, one of the most powerful African-Americans in Congress, weighed in on the feud Monday, saying it was time for Bill Clinton to watch his words.
Bill Clinton has delivered full-throated attacks on Obama in recent days, accusing him of overstating his opposition to the war in Iraq, complaining about Obama's union supporters in the Nevada caucuses last weekend and blasting his relatively mild praise for Republican icon Ronald Reagan during a Las Vegas newspaper interview.
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As their campaign sparring continues, the Illinois senator seems to be spending almost as much time responding to Hillary Clinton's husband as he does to the candidate herself.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, one of the most powerful African-Americans in Congress, weighed in on the feud Monday, saying it was time for Bill Clinton to watch his words.
Bill Clinton has delivered full-throated attacks on Obama in recent days, accusing him of overstating his opposition to the war in Iraq, complaining about Obama's union supporters in the Nevada caucuses last weekend and blasting his relatively mild praise for Republican icon Ronald Reagan during a Las Vegas newspaper interview.
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The Clinton campaign attributed the Obama camp's anger to sour grapes over the Saturday caucus vote results.
"We understand Sen. Obama is frustrated by his loss in Nevada, but the facts are the facts," said campaign spokesman Phil Singer.....
And Bill Clinton himself showed no sign of backing down. During a campaign stop in Buffalo, New York, Sunday night, the former president went after Obama for his comments to a Reno, Nevada, editorial board last week that President Reagan had been a transformational president.
Obama "said President Reagan was the engine of innovation and did more, had a more lasting impact on America than I did," Bill Clinton said.
"And then the next day he said, 'In the '90s the good ideas came out from the Republicans,' which will be costly, maybe, down the road for him because it's factually not accurate.
"We understand Sen. Obama is frustrated by his loss in Nevada, but the facts are the facts," said campaign spokesman Phil Singer.....
And Bill Clinton himself showed no sign of backing down. During a campaign stop in Buffalo, New York, Sunday night, the former president went after Obama for his comments to a Reno, Nevada, editorial board last week that President Reagan had been a transformational president.
Obama "said President Reagan was the engine of innovation and did more, had a more lasting impact on America than I did," Bill Clinton said.
"And then the next day he said, 'In the '90s the good ideas came out from the Republicans,' which will be costly, maybe, down the road for him because it's factually not accurate.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/21/obama.clintons/
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Clyburn. 
