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Saturday, January 5, 2008 12:00 AM

A Democratic donnybrook

The debate was rich in sound and fury, but did little lasting damage to unruffled frontrunner Barack Obama.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Sunday, January 6, 2008 10:02 AM

    Energy bill zinger

    In the shank of the morning, I think Mr. Shapiro left out the most effective Clinton on Obama moment: her zinger about the 2005 oil company giveaway bill. That she opposed it and he voted for it.

    Obama has had a lot to say about her judgment voting for the recent Iran Guard bill, but her position on that can at least be intellectually supported.

    But voting for the energy bill? Big change? Good judgment? Environmentally responsible? Not to my way of thinking.

    —JoeSchmidt Read JoeSchmidt's other letters

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