Your best choice by Claudia Sonea

The political scene gets muddy with White House contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Monday fighting at a crucial debate in Ohio over foreign policy and over an alleged anti-Obama smear. Obama had faithful aides that constantly replied to former first lady and attacked her. By highlighting Clinton's Senate vote in 2002 to authorize the Iraq war, Obama's campaign also accused the Clinton camp due to the picture of Obama dressed in a Somali robe and turban appeared (during an emotional visit by the candidate to his father's homeland of Kenya in 2006) on gossip website Drudge Report. Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe confessed the picture is an evidence of the subversive campaign of the opponent, but on the other side campaign manager Maggie Williams arguments that it is not fair to take advantage of the traditional clothing of countries and try to distract attention from real issues. Trade was another issue of debate; on one side Obama points out Clinton's past support for a North American pact passed by her husband's administration that many in Ohio blame for the loss of thousands of jobs. He registered 11 nominating wins in a row, new polls in Ohio and Texas and left Clinton in the doubt of having the required capacity to pull off the emphatic victories she needs to chase down Obama's lead in nominating delegates (in Texas for the first time, with 50 percent of likely Democratic primary voters backing him, compared to 46 percent for Clinton, according to CNN/Opinion Research ). In spite of the fact that in Ohio, a Quinnipiac University survey showed Clinton leading 51 percent to 40 percent among likely Democratic primary voters, she still has to win a state that even her husband, former president Bill Clinton, has said she must win. Even RealClearPolitics.com showed in recent polls the New York senator up nearly nine points in Ohio, where once she led by over 20 points. In her speech at George Washington University, Clinton said that unlike Obama, she did not have an instruction manual on foreign policy. Don't go away; soon they will start fighting physically. Grab popcorn and enjoy1

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