Jan 24, 2008 7:52 pm US/Eastern
Hillary Vs. Barack Battle Brews On Radio Airwaves
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
-
-
Presidential hopefuls Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have taken off the gloves recently.
AP, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
While economic conditions continue to flicker, presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama continue to bicker, with their war of words escalating yet again.
Sen. Clinton Thursday reiterated plans to fight high energy prices, make health care and education more affordable, and to tackle mortgage crunch.
"We have seen our growing, thriving economy, which created 22.7 million jobs in the 1990's pushed to the brink of recession," she said. "I want to start with a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures. If a bank is about to foreclose on your home, you should have some breathing room to restructure your mortgage."
Clinton also said she wants a five-year freeze on interest rates on adjustable mortgages.
Obama, also in the Palmetto State, says it's time for fresh ideas to fix what ails the country and defendd the message he's delivering.
"Sometimes I get criticized on the campaign trail. Sen. Clinton says I'm peddling false hopes. The idea is that I'm somehow naive, I'm engaging in wishful thinking," he said. "Hope is not somehow being ignorant of the challenges, of the road blocks and the hurdles that stand between you and your dreams. Hope is just the opposite."
And on the airwaves, both campaigns Thursday launched biting radio attack ads.
"It's what's wrong with politics today. Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected," announces Obama's ad.
Clinton's ad barks right back.
"Listen to Barack Obama last week talking about Republicans," the narrator says, before playing a sound bite of Obama saying, "The Republicans were the party of ideas for a long chunk of times over the last 10-15 years."
The narrator then questions Obama's comment: "Really? Aren't those the ideas that got us into the mess we're in today?"
How nasty is it getting? On Thursday, the Clinton campaign sent out a full-page release outlining a dozen incidents of so-called false claims by the Obama campaign about both Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Obama's own record.
The brawl isn't expected to end with Super Tuesday. The race for delegates in both parties is so close that it's mathematically impossible for any candidate to lock up the nomination on Feb. 5.
(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Click to enlarge
NYPD Probing Powder Sent To 3 NYC Consulates 19 mins ago
Central Park Robberies Spark Fear Among Residents 42 mins ago 
Investigation: Drunk Driving Moms Epidemic 19 mins ago 
Stumble It!
Comments