Obama, Clinton Declare a Truce
Options Are Open for No. 2 SpotBy RUSSELL BERMAN
Staff Reporter of the Sun
January 15, 2008
WASHINGTON — The truce declared last night between senators Clinton and Obama over a racial flare-up in the presidential campaign signals that neither candidate wants to eliminate the other as a possible pick for the second spot on the Democratic ticket.
Mrs. Clinton issued a statement last night calling for leading Democratic hopefuls to "seek common ground," hours after Mr. Obama praised President Clinton and his wife for their records on civil rights.
The statements from both sides were efforts to cool tensions that had escalated amid a series of comments made by Mrs. Clinton and her surrogates that some supporters of Mr. Obama viewed as racially charged. The former first lady was criticized for belittling the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and Mrs. Clinton in turn lashed out at the Obama campaign for injecting race into the contest.
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