Race Becomes
Issue as Clinton, Obama Fight for Minority Vote
Race Becomes
Issue as Clinton, Obama Fight for Minority Vote
Issue as Clinton, Obama Fight for Minority Vote
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have become embroiled in racially tinged disputes as large numbers of black voters prepare to get their first say in the Democratic presidential campaign. The candidates and their surrogates are heating up their rhetoric, and it could prove to be combustible beyond South Carolina's January 26 primary. Clinton, on defense over comments that she and her husband made regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and Obama's fitness for the White House, tried to turn the tables on her top primary rival. She accused his campaign of looking to score political points by distorting their words.